The Cult of Lenin, After Lenin Flashcards
AS SOON AS HE WAS BURIED, Lenin was being hailed as __________
Endless amounts of __________
Hero of Revolution
Images in papers, statues, films
Lenin’s cult was used to _________________ his commitment to the Revolution
Motivate the population to imitate
Striking example of USING Lenin for POLITICAL PURPOSES
Embalming his body for display in the mausoleum in Red Square
When was Petrograd renamed Leningrad? (in honour of revolution’s achievements)
1924
At the time of Lenin’s death, there was a wave of support for him (can be seen in the long queues to see his body)
The Soviet government could build on this
So… why was the cult of personality used successively by individual leaders?
To support their claim to be legitimate heirs of Lenin and the order
Stalin used the cult of Lenin to actively promote himself as __________, useful in supporting his succession claim
The defender of Lenin’s work