The Cult of Lenin, After Lenin

Question 1

AS SOON AS HE WAS BURIED, Lenin was being hailed as __________

Endless amounts of __________

Answer 1

Hero of Revolution

Images in papers, statues, films

Question 2

Lenin’s cult was used to _________________ his commitment to the Revolution

Answer 2

Motivate the population to imitate

Question 3

Striking example of USING Lenin for POLITICAL PURPOSES

Answer 3

Embalming his body for display in the mausoleum in Red Square

Question 4

When was Petrograd renamed Leningrad? (in honour of revolution’s achievements)

Answer 4

1924

Question 5

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)

Answer 5

The Soviet government could build on this

Question 6

So… why was the cult of personality used successively by individual leaders?

Answer 6

To support their claim to be legitimate heirs of Lenin and the order

Question 7

Stalin used the cult of Lenin to actively promote himself as __________, useful in supporting his succession claim

Answer 7

The defender of Lenin’s work