Stalin Flashcards
Stalin ruled from…
1927-53
When were night schools set up?
1933
When was the short course introduced?
1938
What was the short courses full name?
The history of the all union communist party
Features of the short course?
Old Bolsheviks (eg Bukharin) were relegated to minor roles or designated enemies of the people, Stalin was given a more important role in 1917 and presented as lenins chief companion
Who was Pavlik Morozov?
13 year old young pioneer who denounced his father as a kulak in 1932, became a martyr
Beginning of soviet realism?
1932
Who led soviet realism?
Zhdanov
Union of soviet writers set up in…
1932
Example of literature under soviet realism?
How the steel was tempered by ostrovsky
When was the cult of the personality?
1920s-40s
When did the full blown cult of the personality start?
1933-4
Benefits of the cult of the personality?
Held soviet society together after the political and economic circumstances of the mid-1930s
By the end of the 1930s Stalin was seen as…
More detached, superior and god-like and as the equal, or even master, of Lenin - the red tsar
What was the homosovieticus?
The ‘new man’ embodying communist ideals
What were red corners?
Cultural training grounds in every barrack - read, listened to lectures, watched films, discussed political issues
How much of the living space in Magnitogorsk was made up of privately owned huts?
17.5%
How many workers in Magnitogorsk owned library cards?
10,000
How many books had been sold in Magnitogorsk by 1936?
40,000
Subjects taught under Stalin?
Technical subjects along with the spirit of socialism and compulsory Marxism-Leninism courses
Public holidays under Stalin?
Anniversary of the October revolution and a May Day parade
How many women entered the workforce under Stalin?
10 million
In 1935 women workers in Leningrad made up how much of the workforce?
44%
What fraction of women factory workers were there in Leningrad in 1935?
20/328