The Cult of Stalin
- Created by: Lottie
- Created on: 16-03-12 13:51
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The myth Of leaders
- alongside Lenin
- Trotsky removed
- role in early communism emphasised
Post 1945 -Height of Cult
- sucess as war time leader
- childhood home becomes shrine
- portraits show him as God/superior
- his 70th bday v. elaborately celebrated
1933-9 cult fully established
- paintings,poems & sculpture used
- history reinterpreted in Stain's favour
The cult of impersonality
- worship of Stalin
- personal life kept extrermely private
- discouraged publication of early speeches & attempts to write…
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