Joseph Stalin…  He was born in Georgia, a province of the Russia Empire in 1879  He took the name Stalin which if from ‘man of steel’  He joined the Bolsheviks in 1900  In 1922, Stalin managed to become the secretary in General of the Bolshevik party  He is a leader of communist of Russia from 1928 to 1953

 He was the dictator of Soviet Union for nearly a quarter of a century  He destroys people for not what they have done, but is what they might do  His rule is infamous for his use of police terror and the frequent mass murders of his own people  Stalin was influenced by revolutionary writings while he was at the seminary. Joseph Stalin…

Propaganda Fear

Propaganda… Definition: It is the dissemination of information aimed at influencing his opinions or behaviors of people. Posters will be all over the towns and villages, propaganda’ s message will be in most films and all plays and other artwork had to be produced using the Socialist Realism Style.

Propaganda… Uses propaganda on:  Tripod of media control  Fostered personality cult  Claimed legacy  Surfaced after Lenin’s death  Focused on central of the economy  Collectivization of agriculture

Fear… Definition: It is an emotional response to threats and danger. It is also a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of pain. Uses fear by:  Killing off 21 million people to bring his citizens quality of the way down  Left an everlasting memory of intense fear and frightening thoughts among people

Fear… During the Great Purges, Stalin developed a culture of informing on friends, loved ones, parents, neighbors and work colleagues. So people learnt not to say what they meant, but only speak about certain things in glowing propaganda-like-ways. Orwell called this process ‘double-think’ in his book in ___________________________________ George Orwell, was an English author. His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism.

Education The Arts

Education…  Stalin changed the focus of teaching history to the importance of himself and Lenin  He was shown as having played a key and heroic role during the October 1917 Revolution  Trotsky and other leaders were unfairly treated or were ignored  Students must have very strict discipline in schools including teachers as teachers too were carefully watched.  A lot of the teachers has become Stalin's purges victims as they felt that they had to teach students to be anti-Stalin.

The Arts…  Stalin only allows writers, artists and musicians who made art and programmers that praised him could remain in their jobs  Those that did not do what he wants will be arrested and being sent to the labour camps A picture of labour camp

Purges Fear and suspicion

Purges…  It is a method of securing political control in communist Russia  People were usually forced to sign confessions and implicate others, who were arrested  Stalin’s motive is to have desire to impose his absolute authority by bringing the party, state and army under his control  This still continue when Stalin reached his aim

 This damage the Russian economy by the mass killing of workers and the Russian  This weakens the Soviet army by killing capable generals and troops  A devastating purges is cause by Stalin’s suspicions, and fears of revealing a deeply distorted mind  This controls the state of worked but it came with a consequences with a high price Purges…

Fear and suspicion During the purges, people were encouraged to inform on their fellow workers, their neighbors and family members if they made any comments against Stalin or the Soviet Union. There was much fear and suspicion. As no evidence was needed for an arrest, anyone who had a grudge could get rid of another person by denouncing him/her to the NKVD. The NKVD would take people away in the middle of the night or in the early hours of the morning. Thus, many Russians were afraid of answering the door at night because they assumed that the NKVD had come to take someone away. NKVD: Russian - НКВД, Народный Комиссариат Внутренних Дел Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del Russian

Stalin success by using terror, force and propaganda to control his people. Therefore, it is being called a totalitarianism dictatorship. Totalitarianism:  Convincing people that he/she democratic or has democratic support even though this is not true  People are force to live by their ruler’s beliefs  There are only one political party

 It is a leader that is trying to convince people  A strong military exists to provide control and conquer other countries  Propaganda is used to generate support from masses  The economy is own by the state  Secret police terrorizes the people