acheivements 5 year plan emphasised, econ + political circumstanced mid 1930s stalin reassured as strong leader, paintings/poetry/sculpture served cult, operas + films glorified role in rev as cheif heroe civil war, superior as Statue at the great soviet exhbibiton 1939, another exhibition ' stalin and the soviet ppl' pics childhood natural leader, sucess nazi germany, omnipresent + omnisicent all-knowing yet survalliance
Cult underway
50th bday 1929, 350 greetings portrayes lenins faithful pupil, length applause conference longer, by 1931 huge portraits on special accasions w lenin ie oct rev
cult fully established
history of the All- Union comunist party published 1938 reinterp stalin favour + famous photograph removes Trotsky/ Kamenev
Benefactor
Stakhanovites 102 ton coal 1 shift Alexi stakahnov , soilders, intellegntsia aquired power/ status despite humble origins
Icons and symbols of the Vozhd every room house
dekulakisation- scapegoats, chaos industrilisation/ collectivisation needed someone to look up (Edit w specific)