The Cult Of Stalin
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- Created on: 17-04-18 12:31
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- The Cult of Stalin
- Aimed particularly at children
- Teach them Stalin was 'great leader'
- People were told he was the center of good and wise
- Glorifying Stalin
- A 'God-like' being
- Promised to reward loyalty
- Better housing and promotions at work
- He used skills he had developed as editor of the Pravda
- He wanted to show how communism was developing
- But he still wanted to be close to Lenin and his ideas in Leninism
- A true leader
- People were instructed to produce works praising him
- Statues, art, posters and photos were made to present him as a great leader
- He rewrote history
- Removed of 'enemies' such as Trotsky
- He wanted to be shown as planning the October Revolution and Civil War (which Trotsky did).
- Images were faked to show his closeness to Lenin
- School books were changed. Stalin's relationship with Lenin and role in the Revolution was exaggerated
- An important reason for the cult was so it could replace religious worship with leader worship
- 1932 Decree 'On the Reconstruction of Literacy and Art Organisation'
- Attempt to control artists/ musicians/ poets/ authors to show a 'perfect' USSR
- Important to show the workers as heroes
- Party members praised his achievements as leader
- Stalin encouraged the cult of Lenin
- Aimed particularly at children
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