Stalinism is the means of governing and related policies implemented by Joseph Stalin. Stalinist policies in the Soviet Union included rapid industrialization, the theory of socialism in one country, a centralized state, collectivization of agriculture, cult of personality, and subordination of interests of foreign communist parties to those of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union—deemed by Stalinism to be the leading vanguard party of communist revolution at the time. Stalinism promoted the escalation of class conflict, utilizing state violence to forcibly purge society of claimed supporters of the bourgeoisie, regarding them as threats to the pursuit of the communist revolution that resulted in substantial political violence and persecution of such people. These included not only bourgeois people but also working-class people accused of counter-revolutionary sympathies. 

Stalinist industrialization was officially designed to accelerate the development towards communism, stressing that such rapid industrialization was needed because the country was previously economically backward in comparison with other countries; and that it was needed in order to face the challenges posed by internal and external enemies of communism. Rapid industrialization was accompanied with mass collectivization of agriculture and rapid urbanization. Rapid urbanization converted many small villages into industrial cities. To accelerate the development of industrialization, Stalin pragmatically created joint venture contracts with major American private enterprises, such as Ford Motor Company, that under state supervision assisted in developing the basis of industry of the Soviet economy from the late 1920s to 1930s. After the American private enterprises completed their tasks, Soviet state enterprises took over. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is defined as Stalinism?
2. How can Stalinism be defined?
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Q2:
1. What was the official purpose of Stalinist industialization?
2. What purpose did Stalinist industialization have?
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Q3:
1. What happened to many small villages as a result of rapid urbanization?
2. What became of many small villages as a direct consequence of rapid urbanization?
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Q4:
1. What is the name of the person that implemented Stalinism?
2. Stalinism was implemented by which person?
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Q5:
1. What was the political party deemed by Stalinism to be the leading vangaurd party of the communist revolution at the time called?
2. What is the name of the political party that was deemed by Stalinism to be the leading vangaurd party of the communist revolution at the time?
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Q6:
1. What was done by Joseph Stalin in order to accelerate the development of industrialization?
2. The development of industrialization was accelerated by Joseph Stalin by doing what?
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Q7:
1. What was rapid industrialization accompanied with in the Soviet Union?
2. What did the Soviet Union accompany rapid industrialization with?
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Q8:
1. What there an increase in the conflicts of classes as a result of Stalinism?
2. Did Stalinism result in an increase of conflicts between different classes?
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Q9:
1. Which groups of people were persecuted by the revolution?
2. the revolution resulted in the persecution of which groups of people?
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Q10:
1. Who were Soviet industries taken over by once the American private enterprises had completed their tasks?
2. Soviet industries were taken over by which state following the American private enterprises' completion of their tasks?
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