1. Title: Cult of Personality Who is this guy
Title: Cult of Personality Who is this guy? Why does it relate to today’s topic?
Boris Nemtsov

3. HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE
STALIN AND THE CULT OF PERSONALITY

4. How popular was Stalin and his policies?
Support for Stalin was manufactured
Or was it?

5. OPPRESSION
The hardships of industrialisation, the Terror and the Purges could mean only one thing…

6. PROPAGANDA
CONSENT WAS MANUFACTURED
Or was it?

7. A TWO-WAY THING The regime mobilize support from above but…
Also responded to public opinion

8. CULT OF PERSONALITY
The development of a cult of personality indicated that propaganda was being used as a tool by the leadership rather than serving the needs of socialism.

9. Stick in the source that I have given you.
Annotate it (what do you see)
What does this mean (what you can infer)
Any questions that you have about the poster

10. TWO CULTS NOT ONE!
LENIN: Hailed as hero of the revolution after his death
Images appeared everywhere - newspapers, statues, films
Why?

11. CONTINUITY?
Stalin used the cult and portrayed himself as Lenin’s worthy successor.

12. SECOND CULT ‘Stalin is the Lenin of Today.’
Portrayed as the savior of socialism against capitalist elements ready to undermine the revolution.

13. VOZHD (the boss)
Propaganda highlighted Stalin as a man of the people ( but responsible for the achievements of the Soviet Union)

14. Stalin the Worker

15. Stalin the Peasant

16. Stalin the Leader

17. Advantages
Focus of loyalty
Made use of traditional Russian attitudes

18. Worksheet: Answer the questions on cult of personality

19. Education under Stalin
Fact files
Censorship
Define the word
How did Stalin use it?
Why did he use it?
Was it successful?
Education under Stalin
Propaganda
VOHZD

21. Next lesson
I am not here. This does not mean that you have no work to do. Write this question in your book: Why did Stalin create a cult of personality in the USSR in the thirties?

22. Stick in the mark scheme

23. Why did Stalin create a cult of personality?

24. How many clearly explained points do you need?
AT LEAST TWO

25. If you finish in time
Peer mark someone’s work and I will look over it when I mark.
If you finish this also, you must do some revision.

27. I will be collecting the books next Tuesday.