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1924-1929 Origins of the cult
- After Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin assumes a modest image. He wants to appear as a hardworking man of moderation.
- He takes on the mantle of Lenin's disciple and servant of the party
- Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad in his honour in 1925
1929-1933 Cult underway
- The length of applause for Lenin gets longer
- By 1931, huge portraits of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin appear on special occasions such as celebrations of the October revolution. Few individual portraits of Stalin
1933-1939 Cult fully established
- Stalin's image used to reassure people that they have a strong leader to help then through the great disruption of the 1st 5 years planned the confusion of the purges
- Paintings poems and sculptures promote Stalin's cult. socialist realist art glorifies Stalin's role as a leader.
Post 1945 height of the cult
- Stalin's image is everywhere. his power cemented by his success as war leader.
- Increasingly, portraits show him as a god like solitude, superior and apart.
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These notes are aimed at A Level history Unit 6.
Originally written by jessu on TSR Forums.
