Joseph Stalin's Cult Of Personality

STALIN’S CULT OF PERSONALITY

Joseph Stalin’s regime was fabricated upon, fear, propaganda, and exclusively governing the empire's economy. Stalin needed to do this in order to maintain control over the Soviet Society, and direct the USSR in the manner he desired. Stalin’s cult of personality manufactured dogmas that had an adverse consequence on his empire. Several of these dogmas were enforced to ameliorate the overall standards of the Soviet society, instead, these dogmas ensued chaos and resulted in the loss of millions of lives. Stalin's personality cult was an addition of an already existing cult of Lenin and the members of the Politburo, aimed at maintaining the loyalty of the people.[1] Stalin’s utilization of his “Cult of Personality”

Stalin used propaganda in order to ameliorate his portrayal to the Soviet Society by depicting himself as an almighty leader, whom everyone loved and admired. Stalin’s popularity among the soviet people permeated every level of their culture. He became the chosen theme of authors, artists, poets, filmmakers, and musicians. Several impressive statues of Stalin were erected at public places throughout the USSR. In addition, numerous Soviet villages, towns, and cities were renamed after him. The several forms of extensive broadcasting used by Stalin’s personality cult included newspapers, radio, literature, cinemas, and, posters. Stalin became a preferred topic of the Soviet Press, they wanted to depict Stalin as a leader who was fervently linked with the Soviet Society. Several newspapers frequently published letters written by farmers and industrial workers, adulating Stalin for bringing hope and happiness in their lives. [2]After the end of the World War 2, Stalin's Cult of Personality was reaching its apex, as newspapers giving Stalin credit for independently winning the war, emphasizing his portrayal as an all-powerful leader. Another form of broadcasting was achieved through the radio. Since radio was common household item among the lower class of the Soviet Society the Cult of Personality used this extensively, by uttering his name constantly in the presence of the Soviet people. An additional

A prime instance of Stalin’s cult of personality rewriting history can be seen in the propaganda to portray a campaign that presented the Soviet Society how close Stalin’s relationship was with their deceased leader Vladimir Lenin. However, in reality, Lenin was not fond of Stalin; in a testament written by Lenin in January 1922, he states that “Stalin is too rude and this defect, although quite tolerable in our midst and in dealing among us Communists, becomes intolerable in a Secretary-General. That is why I suggest that the comrades think about a way of removing Stalin from that post and appointing another man in his stead”. Although Lenin’s true successor was Leon Trotsky, Stalin still managed to maintain his position and become the leader of the Soviet Union. Once Stalin rose to power, he and his allies, Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev, forced Trotsky to resign from his position as Minister of War.[6] Later these men came to realize the kind of leader Stalin leader was and they allied with Trotsky and tried to remove him from his position. However, before this could be accomplished Stalin had both men expelled from the Central Committee. Stalin also expelled Trotsky from the Politburo after leading the failed struggle of the Left Opposition against the ideologies of Stalin