8) Stalin's cultural revolution Flashcards
Who was airbrushed out of photographs?
Trotsky, Bukharin, Zinoviev, Kamenev and other ‘enemies’ of Stalin
Who was mostly blamed for problems in farming and factories?
Kulaks or saboteurs (wreckers)
What was set up in 1932 to check on/control the work of authors?
The Union of Soviet Writers
What were the 2 main Communist newspapers?
Pravda (truth) and Izvetiya (news)
What did Stalin want from newspapers?
They shouldn’t report news from the outside world
What was ‘Socialist Realism’?
Clear and simple messages about the success of Communism and ‘joyfulness’ of living in the Soviet Union through film, art and music.
What new city did Kataev write about?
Magnitogorsk
Who made the film ‘Alexander Nevsky’?
Sergei Eisenstein
What did Stalin try to remove from Russia as a result of them being a threat to the Cult of Stalin?
Religious groups such as Russian Orthodox, Muslim and Jewish
By the beginning of WW2 (1941) how many Russian Orthodox priests had not been arrested?
Approximately 5,600 (there were approximately 60,000 in the early 1920’s)
How did Stalin treat those from an Islamic background?
1) Mosques and Muslim schools were banned
2) Pilgrimages to Mecca were banned
3) Islamic law was banned
4) Women were encouraged to unveil
What Jewish buildings were banned?
Schools, libraries and Synagogues
What was set up to promote anti-religious propaganda?
‘The League of Militant Atheists’ or ‘Society of the Godless’
Approximately how many Soviet citizens remained religious by 1937?
50 million
What made Stalin allow religious freedom again?
Using it to bring about unity when WW2 started.