propaganda Censorship And The Cult Of Stalin Flashcards
What was the cult of stalin
He was turned into a god like figure
Stalin wanted all citizens to be aware of his personal greatness
His name and picture was everywhere
Niknamed “man of steel” “shining sun of humanity” or vozhd
Created umage of self as carong leader
Known as ‘universal genius’
All arists work was in praise of stalin
How did stalin chnage history
He glorified his part in the bolshevik Revolution and removed his opponents parts e.g. trotsky
Photos were edited so ppl could see how close he was to lenin. Ene,ies were removed from photos
Nee painting and history were cretaed to emphaise his rols
How did lenin control culture
Culture- all work was carefully censored. Any artist who was bad was sent to gulag. Union of soviet writers formed in 1932 ti control work of authors to ensure it acts as propoganda
Media censorship- little knowledge of outside world. Papers heavily censored. Foreign radio jammed and controlled
Socialist realism - had to give clean optomistic messages. RAPP controlled writers and artists, had to follow socialist realism
How did lenin control religion?
Christian lesaers imprisoned
Churches turned inti museums
Bells were melted for industrialisation
60,000 places of worship shut down
‘League of millitant atheists’ or ‘society of the godless’ was set up to promote anti-religious propoganda-smashed churches and religious things
Mosques closed, not allowed to go to pilgrims in mecca. Islamic laws banned women cant veil
Jewish skls shut fown hebrew banned
Some churches remained allowing stalin to say he does give freedom
After 1941 war he allowed worship again to unite nation
How did lenin control education?
Strict discipline and examinations brought back
Taught lenin was the great leader
Learnt stalins version of history
Communist ideology compulsory to learn
“Read specialist” replace non communist party member teachers
By 1939 how much of the population could read and write
94% of urban dwellers
86% of rural population
High numbers of engineers docs and scientists
Youth groups
Political youth groups
Octoberists 8-10 yr olds
Young pioneers 10-16 yr olds
Komsomol 16-28 yr olds
What was the new constitution of 1936
11 socialist republics
Old congress of soviets became supreme soviet with two chambers
Communist party kept close control
Stalin held post of PM general secretary and chairman
Why was a new constitution introduced
To convince whole world USSR was a free society
Key featured of the constitution
Secret ballots
Ekections every 4 years
Cadidates to be approved by communist party
Voting rights for all over 18
Guaranteed civil liberties such as freedom of speech press assembly religion and freedom from arbituary arrest
Howver freedoms only exercised with approval of communist party
No elections for bodies in party they were choseb
Stalin stilk made all decisions with his close advisors
