CULTURE Flashcards
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What happened to anything in Russia under Stalin’s rule
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- Censorship
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MEDIA
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- propaganda films shown all over USSR giving false view of life
- artsist,writers, film makers - employed by the state and commissioned to create thing glorifying the state
- photos showing Trotsky and Lenin were altered to show only Lenin
- Everything that was read/listened to had to be positive about the USSR
Glavlit turned economic data to only show the good side
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REASONS FOR THE CULT OF STALIN
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3
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EDUCATION
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- curriculums made to praise Stalins achievements
- School textbooks had to approved by the state
- new generation of communist teachers bought back discipline to schools
- all religions came under pressure, places of worships were shut and RE was banned. Attacks on Muslims in south USSR
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THE NEW CONSTITUTION
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- replaced the congress of the Soviets with supreme soviet of USSR
- everyone was allowed to vote
- voting done in secret so no one knew what u voted
- guaranteed workers rights to holidays
> Only one party to vote for
rights ignored by secret police
activities of all republics closely controlled
staying ignored constitution and lead like dictatorship
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CULT OF STALIN
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- stalin as the ‘Lenin of Today”
- “leader, Teacher, Friend” - given a friendly image and shown surrounded by happy children
- focus on his economic achievements - shown surrounded by modern factories, successful collective farms
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REASONS FOR CULT OF STALIN
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- gave the soviet people confidence that all the hardships and sacrifices were worth it (building socialism)
- long-standing tradition of Russia of ruler being a father for the whole country
- needed in order to gain support for the regime
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HOW IT WAS FORMED
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- ART , stalins image as “leader,Teacher,Friend”, was depicted in paintings, murals & statues
- always careful to say that Lenin, the USSR and the people were more important than he was
- books, poems, plays - praised Stalin for his achievements, soviet history books ave Stalin a leading role in key events of the Bolsheviks Rise to power
