How Stalin established a dictatorship - early years

Slogan

‘Stalin is the lenin of today’

What was stalin universally portrayed as

Lenins true disciple

Who did portraits show stalin in continuous progression with

Marx and engels

What did paintings portray stalin as

‘Mighty leader’, ‘father of the nation’

When was the stalin cult established

1933-39

What was the main historical textbook from 1938

The history of the all-union communist party

How did The history of the all-union communist party show stalin

As assuming big part in oct rev, but trotsky and old bols as ‘enemies of the people’

What was done to photos in The history of the all-union communist party

Edited to remove enemies

How many copies of The history of the all-union communist party were sold

34 million in ussr by 1948

What was stalin nicknamed

‘Red tsar’

Why did poeple support stalin

• some bc they felt they benefitted from his rule

• Many bc emotional attachment and traditional sense of loyalty

Whats stalinism

The ideology and policies adopted by stalin, based on centralisation, totalitarianism and the pursuit of communism