1.3 Media, Propaganda and Religion Flashcards
When was the Petrograd Telegraph Agency nationalised?
1917
When was the Decree on the Press?
1917
When was the Revolutionary Tribunal of the Press established?
1918
Name of the popular women’s magazine
Rabonitsa
What were the Communist and Government newspapers called?
Communist: Pravda
Government: Izvestiya
Name of popular film director
Sergei Eisenstein
What % of illiterate population could voice radio get messages to?
65%
Name of radio stations controlled by the government
ROSTA
Name of the myth Stalin used to prove he was the rightful heir to Lenin?
The Myth of Two Leaders
What year did Stalin publish two histories of the communist party?
1938
How many medals was Brezhnev awarded?
100
When was the separation of church and state?
1918
When did the Soviet Constitution guarantee freedom of conscience?
1922
When did Stalin make an alliance with the Church?
During WW2
How many churches did Stalin reopen in the last year of war?
414
How much did priesthood expand?
9000 in 1946 - nearly 12,000 in 1948
How much did churches reduce by under Khrushchev?
8000 in 1958 - 5000 in 1964
When did Brezhnev open the Institute for Scientific Atheism?
1968
What % of religious people where there under Brezhnev?
20%
