The Cult Of Personality

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The Cult Of Personality

• Stalin Man Of Steel
• Patrick Prizeman Conor Kieran
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Propaganda

• An example of the propaganda used by Stalin
  throughout USSR.
• We see what looks like happy working family
  hanging a photo of Stalin as if they where in awe
  of The Man Of Steel .
• Stalin used photos like this to portray a message
  that the people of USSR where happy and adored
  him when this was not always the case.

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Control Of The Media

• During Stalins Reign Of Terror the media was
  under his full control thus being able to alter
  the people of the USSRs opinion of him.
• Stalin overstated stories of his acts throughout
  the 1917 October revolution Revisionist
  Stalinism
• He used the media to create names and titles for
  himself , for example Father Of Nations ,
  Brilliant Genius Of Humanity and The Gardener
  Of Human Happiness .
• Using the media Stalin re-wrote the history of
  the October Revolution to portray a more
  important role of involvement at the expense of
  Leon Trotsky - old Bolshevik who Stalin feared
  could expose the truth about him .

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Stalinism as a way of Life

• Stalinism usually defines the style of a
  government rather than an ideology.
• Stalin introduced quotas throughout the USSR.
  Companies were encouraged to now compete against
  each other.
• Rewards were introduced to workers who exceed
  their quotas, such as bonuses.

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Fear and Terror

• Stalin introduced a familiar technique in
  collecting crop - Collectivisation.
• The secret police the NKVD were feared immensely
  as civilians started to disappear.
• Many now avoided crime as the punishment was so
  severe, it was simple, either death or be moved
  to the Gulags.

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Stalins Power

• The Cult of Personality gave Stalin absolute
  power over the USSR, enabling him to do what he
  believed was right.
• It placed him in a God-like position throughout
  the USSR.
• It cemented his place as the ultimate leader and
  placed fear in any who opposed him.

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Achieving Absolute Power

• In order for Stalin to have ultimate control over
  the USSR he had to have no threats to allow him
  to achieve his goals.
• He quickly started to eliminate the Old
  Bolsheviks. Changing peoples opinions of the
  long serving men with Propaganda.
• He used Show Trials to execute the threats.