ssumed controlled and subsequently ordered the exile of allapposing cabinet ministers, including Trotsky. Anyone in the Union whoobjected to his decisions was sent to Siberian prison camps or murdered. Henow had full control without any intervention from other liberal ormoderate parties. He decided to concentrate on improving military strengthand building on improving the Soviet economy, rather than follow Lenin'srevolutionary goal of dominating the world. In order to obtain the immenseamount of money needed to maintain his militia, he began a series of fiveyear programs which would force the average farmer to meet a quota by theend of the harvest and then have the state subsidize all of the production.This system, aptly named collectivization, reprimanded all of the averageworker's liberties and created great suffering during the Stalin regime.Such suffering was magnified during an anti-war treaty that Stalin hadsigned with Hitler's Germany in an effort to avoid a confrontation with theNazi military. However, Hitler violated this treaty in an effort todominate all of Europe and was denied at the expense of millions of Sovietlives who fought for freedom against his tyranny. Not only did this lead tomillions of deaths and a severe decrease in productivity. Stalin eventuallypassed away in 1953, and the conservative trend would now shifted to a moreliberal form.1953-1964Nikita Krushchev, a dedicated liberal leader, managed to become theleader of the Soviet Union after a conservative mogul by the name ofMalenkov could not gather enough support from the Political Bureau.Krushchev proceeded to moderately alter the rigid, despotic structure ofthe Union and dealt vigorously with other foreign countries. Theimprovement in foreign relations, outer space developments andhousing/employment allowed Krushchev to improve the Soviet economy. In 1964,he became the first leader ever to lose power when the Political Bureau(Politburo) ousted him due to his...
