Propaganda (1855-1964) Flashcards
Name three types of propaganda employed by the Tsarist State
Icons (Religious Portraits) of Tsar & Saints with in the Orthodox Church
Pamphlets reinforcing the regime
Photographs upholding autocracy
Stage events (Most famous example the 300th anniversary of the Romanov Family in 1913)
The Communists used powerful slogans. What were the two defining slogans of Lenin’s April Thesis during the Provisional Government era of 1917?
‘Peace, Bread & Land’
‘All power to the soviets’
Name three types of propaganda used by the Communist rulers
Used pamphlets, tracts, newspapers, photographs, portraits, posters and statues
What is a ‘Cult of Personality’?
A public figure (such as a political leader) is deliberately presented to the people of a country as a great person who should be admired and loved.
This was more apparent under the communists that had to build a ‘legitimacy’ to their rule.
Give two examples of Stalin building a Cult of Personality
The imagery of Lenin, which continued to be displayed after his death
The embalming and display of Lenin’s body in the mausoleum in Red Square
The renaming of Petrograd as Leningrad (1924)
The renaming of Tsaritsyn as Stalingrad (1923)
The slogan ‘Stalin is the Lenin of Today’ (1924)
Various posters, photographs and statues depicting Stalin as a man of the
people (usually dressed as a peasant)
Name two newspapers that were established by Lenin, to control the information given to the people.
Pravda and Izvestiya
What was the name of the two youth groups that were established by the Communist party and utilised during the Stalinist Era?
Pioneers and Komsomol
Give one way the Stalinist state used the young to push their propaganda
Members were encouraged to tell tales on those who criticised their leaders.
(Membership increased five-fold from 1929 to 1941)
What was Socialist Realism? (A Stalinist Propaganda tool)
The ‘official’ way of
representing, through
writing and the visual
arts, the heroic efforts
of workers and peasants
to ensure the success of
communism.
What was the New Soviet Man? (A Stalinist Propaganda tool)
The ideal Soviet citizen:
hard working, law abiding,
moral and supportive of
the Communist Party
Outline how the arts was restricted through propaganda
The arts were manipulated to present a popular culture that emphasised the role
of the ‘little man’ and traditional values.
Any trends that veered from the norm,
such as jazz music, were banned
How did the Stakhanovite movement work as a propaganda tool of boosting ‘productivity’?
Based on the
extraordinary efforts of
the Donbas miner Alexei
Stakhanov, who produced
way above the normal
quantity of coal per shift
Agitprop turned him into a
‘model’ worker for others
to copy.
Those who did
were given special rewards
such as red carpets and
holidays in Moscow.
What was the name of the Propaganda department from 1918?
Agitprop
