POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS 1917-41 6

Question 1

oct 1917

Answer 1

lenin declared all power to the soviets

Question 2

1928

Answer 2

Soviet Union governed as one party state dominated by communist party (bolsehvization of soviets, red terror victory rcw to defeat political enemies)

Question 3

in 1917-28 communist party went through changes

Answer 3

memeebrhsip mor eproleterain, party inc centralised, democracy within party eroded, socialism in one country acceptance growing after lenin death

Question 4

in 1917-28 communist party went through changes
one party state

Answer 4

ban factionalism, constituent assembly shut down, sovnakrom

Question 5

in 1917-28 communist party went through changes
democratic centralism

Answer 5

low level party members elect higher representatives eventually fizzled out in favour of centralisation

Question 6

in 1917-28 communist party went through changes
increasing centralism

Answer 6

poltiburo (one man party stalin) continue with banning factions

Question 7

in 1917-28 communist party went through changes
proletariatn party memberhsip

Answer 7

replacing old Bolsheviks with proleterinisation, less likely to challenge orders from above

Question 8

in 1917-28 communist party went through changes
perm rev v socialism in one country

Answer 8

not relying on capitalist countries in leading socialist overthrows

Question 9

end of 1930 totalitarian

Answer 9

totalitarian dictatorship had emerged under stalin ‘stalinism’

Question 10

difference between lenin and stalin gov :
lenin

Answer 10

more communist, all decisions made by democratically elected politburo enforced on party membership below

Question 11

difference between lenin and stalin gov :
stalin

Answer 11

personal dictatorship, politburo subservient to stalin, al power concentrated in his hands

Question 12

stalin built up personal dictatorship:
central to stalin leadership was cult of personality = nomenklatura

Answer 12

used nomenklatura to his advantage, granting them privileges, stalin ensure they served as a loyal elite with state apparatus= blind loyalty to stalin

Question 13

stalin built up personal dictatorship:
central to stalin leadership was cult of personality = terror

Answer 13

terror to consolidate his own position, unlike lenin who used terror for ideological reasons = fear to question stalin leadership

Question 14

stalin built up personal dictatorship:
central to stalin leadership was cult of personality = abandoned permeant rev

Answer 14

and developed socialsim in one country, =more support form masses and new membership of the party

Question 15

stalin cult of personality begins 1928

Answer 15

now clearly portrayed as leader (photos/propaganda) with lenin in bg showing him as natural successor, appear hard working devoted to lenin

Question 16

stalin cult fully established 1933-9

Answer 16

stalin is a strong leader who is taking the Soviet Union forward through turbulent times towards socialist promised land, massively poltiicialsied, state propaganda, manipulation of public perception treated as god on earth

Question 17

DIFFERENCE HOW LENIN AND STALIN PROTAYED IN C.O.P
LENIN 1917-24

Answer 17

father of revolution, more forces on revolutionary nature of leadership, role as leader over figure of absolute power. t

Question 18

DIFFERENCE HOW LENIN AND STALIN PROTAYED IN C.O.P
LENIN 1917-24
key elements

Answer 18

revolutionary heroism, proletarian idolisation, deification after death. no where near as xtermee/totaltiiain as stalin in c.o.p but was reminder of revolutionary leaders and legitimacy to bolsehcik cause

Question 19

DIFFERENCE HOW LENIN AND STALIN PROTAYED IN C.O.P
STALIN 1924-52

Answer 19

‘father of nations’ mroe persuasive that reached its peak in great terror, not only was it central to the party but the state itself, stalin is personification of Soviet Union

Question 20

DIFFERENCE HOW LENIN AND STALIN PROTAYED IN C.O.P
STALIN 1924-52
KEY ELEMENTS

Answer 20

supreme leader, heroic imagery, justification of great purge/repression.
his actions were justified using c..o.p created a sense of unit during dark Horus of ww1 and decision making not question until after his death