EXAM Mass Media Flashcards
What is P1?
Mass media and propaganda
What is P2?
Terror
What is P3?
Political and economic control
Judgement
Not the main reason for consolidation
P1 Decree on the Press
1917, banned all non-socialist newspapers
P1 newspapers
Pravda and Izvestiya promoted ideology
P1 Radio
Radio stations controlled by gov (ROSTA)
P1 Illiterate population
65%
P1 Lenin
Cult of personality after 1918 (heroic leader)
P2 Cheka created
1917, OGPU by 1923
P2 executions red terror
200,000
P2 gulags
Widespread use of labour camps for class enemies
P2 Troops sent to suppress tambov rising
50,000
P3 Ban on factions
1921, entrenched one party rule
P3 war communism
1918-21 state control of industry/grain requisitioning (helped with war)
P3 NEP
1921, stabilised economy, reduced opposition
P3 forcible requisitioning
150,000 volunteers