Extra detail: The development of the Stalin cult

Question 1

When was ‘The History of the All-Union Communist Party’ published?

Answer 1

1938

Question 2

How did ‘The History of the All-Union Communist Party’ portray Stalin?

Answer 2

He played a major role in the Bolshevik revolution and the Civil War while Trotsky and other old Bolsheviks were portrayed as ‘enemies of the people’

Question 3

How many copies had ‘The History of the All-Union Communist Party’ sold in the USSR by 1948?

Answer 3

34 million

Question 4

What did the writers’ union say socialist realism meant?

Answer 4

‘The truthful, historically concrete representation of reality in its revolutionary development’

Question 5

Give an example of a military illusion in propaganda

Answer 5

Collectivisation of agriculture was described as a ‘full-scale socialist offensive on all fronts’

Question 6

Who was on the front cover of Pravda more often than Stalin 1937-38?

Answer 6

Young men who accomplished heroic endeavours

Question 7

What percentage of female factory workers were described as ‘norm-breaking’?

Answer 7

25%