Stalin Essay Flashcards
How did Stalin use propaganda?
-created his cult of personality
-made people worship him (part of everyday life)
-to indoctrinate and influence population to support and worship him
-promote the 5 year plans
-depict a compliant and happy workforce
What were the 5 year plans?
A series of economic plans to transform Russias economy
What industry was Russia heavily dependant on?
Agriculture
What was collectivisation?
An agricultural policy pursued by Stalin
-peasant farms were confiscated and consolidated into larger state-run farms
How did the peasants react to collectivisation?
They refused to give up their farms
How did Stalin get the peasants to cooperate?
Began to use force using the secret police and the Red Army to confiscate land
How did Kulaks retaliate to the policy?
They burned their crops and slaughtered livestock
The soviet propaganda labelled kulaks as:
“Enemies of the workers”
(In relation to the Russian economy and industry) Stalin said that:
“We are 50 to 100 years behind the advanced countries of the west”
Believed that they:
“Must make this gap up in 10 years. Either we do this or they crush us”
How did Stalin use terror?
-to remove political opponents
-force loyalty to the “man of steel”
-Ins-till fear into the population
-create a compliant population
What was the Nkvd?
The secret police
How was the NKVD used
-used as a power consolidation tactic
- crucial in establishing a totalitarian state
-removed/dealt with political opponents =absolute power
Youth indoctrination
-teachers forced children to worship him
-books re written to exaggerate his involvement in October revolutions
-removed opponents from the books e.g Trotsky
Propaganda
-statues erected of him (god-like figure)
-towns and cities renamed e.g Stalingrad
-part of every day life
-promoted 5 year plans
-used to push workers to productivity limit (5 year year plans)
