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1
Q

Lenin-

Image

A
  • saintly = willing to suffer for his people

- prophet-like = leading the soviet people to a better future

2
Q

Lenin-

Methods

A
  • posters

- overall, methods were limited and many people did not know who Lenin was

3
Q

Give an outlandish example of Stalin’s personality cult

A

1949 a parade was held in Red Square to celebrate Stalin’s birthday, and his facial image was projected into the evening sky over the Kremlin

4
Q

Stalin -

Image

A
  • visionary
  • continuing leninism
  • strong and powerful
  • ‘father of russia’ –> capable and loving
5
Q

Stalin -

Methods

A
  1. Propaganda
  2. Titles
  3. Manipulation of history
6
Q

Stalin - Methods -

Propaganda

A

the majority of soviet citizens would have a portrait of Stalin in their home

7
Q

Stalin - Methods -

Titles

A

vozhd = leader with ultimate authority and no legal checks on power

Generalissimo (from 1941 onwards) = emphasised vital role in military victory.

8
Q

Stalin - Methods -

Editing history

A
  • aimed to uphold ‘myth of two leaders’
  • from the early 1930’s photographs were altered and histories were written stressing Stalin’s leading role, as well as the treachery of former leaders such as Trotskey
9
Q

Summarise Khrushchev’s attitude to personality cults.

A
  • criticised Stalin’s use of a personality cult
    BUT
  • used cult of Lenin in propaganda
  • became centre of his own cult
10
Q

Khrushchev -

Image

A
  • disciple of lenin
  • responsible for new successes such as space programme and rising harvests
  • great reformer
  • respected statesman
11
Q

Brezhnev -

Image

A
  • continuing Lenin’s work
  • military hero
  • a true man of the people, who began his career in the steel industry
12
Q

Khrushchev -

Methods

A
  • cinema
  • tv
  • radio

mainly celebrated success of policy, giving Khrushchev credit