Satlinist Propaganda

Question 1

How did Stalin rely on propaganda?

Answer 1

-to harness support for collectivisation + Ind policies
-pics of happy productive workers reinforced socialist message + heroes - Stakhanov

Question 2

What happened to the achievements of Soviet society!

Answer 2

-achievements of Soviet pioneers/aviators given wide publicity
-became stories of model citizens

Question 3

What did posters show?

Answer 3

-Marx, Lenin, Engels + Stalin in progression
-bringing enlightenment to Rus people

Question 4

How did Stalin reinforce his position?

Answer 4

-through associations made between him + Lenin
-slogans - ‘Stalin is the Lenin of today’

Question 5

What did peasants do?

Answer 5

-created ‘red corner’ shrines in homes
-similar to creating saints corner in tsarist times

Question 6

What was the cult of personality?

Answer 6

-grew enormously under Stalin
-Enid never sought one but occurred after death largely through Stalin who wanted appear as his disciple

Question 7

What happened to Lenin in the late 1920s?

Answer 7

-treated like god - Stalin insisted body be embalmed + tomb turned into shrine
-‘Lenin’ name everywhere - roads, cities + squares named after him e.g. Leningrad 1924