Personality Cults (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Years Lenin's personality cult was created
Years Lenin's personality cult was created
1918-1924
How Stalin was presented in his personality cult
How Stalin was presented in his personality cult
'Second Lenin' or 'the Lenin of today'
Meaning & significance of 'vozhd' title
Meaning & significance of 'vozhd' title
Leader; no legal limits unlike President/PM
What was the Myth of Two Leaders?
What was the Myth of Two Leaders?
Lenin & Stalin as duumvirate leading October Revolution
Stalin's military title from 1945 onwards
Stalin's military title from 1945 onwards
Generalissimo (war leader)
Robert Service's term for Stalin's cult
Robert Service's term for Stalin's cult
Cult of Impersonality
Slogan of Khrushchev's Lenin cult
Slogan of Khrushchev's Lenin cult
'Lenin lives!'
Policy failures that damaged Khrushchev's cult
Policy failures that damaged Khrushchev's cult
Virgin Lands Scheme & Corn Campaign
Brezhnev's military rank & medal count in his cult
Brezhnev's military rank & medal count in his cult
Marshal of Red Army; 60 medals
Why Brezhnev's cult was counterproductive
Why Brezhnev's cult was counterproductive
Generated mockery, not loyalty/respect