Stalin+vs+Gorbachev

Michael Justin

Compare and contrast the political and economic policies of Joseph Stalin in the period before WWII and those of Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-1991).

// economic // five year plan industrial emphasis many factories collectivization
 * Stalin **

//political// forced labor camps purges women's equality one party system mass censorship

// economic // perestroika restructured economic policy limited free enterprise some private property
 * Gorbachev **

//political// Galsnost openness no censorship two candidate elections

In Soviet Russia, Stalin placed a collected industrial emphasis on the country while maintaing total control while Gorbachev created a more free market and promoted openness.