Official culture and the new Constitution (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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What Stalin controlled to maintain power
What Stalin controlled to maintain power
What people saw, heard, and read
Definition of censorship
Definition of censorship
State controls what information people access via media, books, sources
Definition of propaganda
Definition of propaganda
Spreading specific ideas/viewpoints to influence public opinion
Who became state employees under Stalin
Who became state employees under Stalin
Artists, writers, filmmakers, and musicians
Example of historical photo manipulation
Example of historical photo manipulation
Trotsky was edited out of photos with Lenin
What books were banned from libraries
What books were banned from libraries
Books by 'enemies of the people' like Trotsky
What school textbooks required under Stalin
What school textbooks required under Stalin
State approval and had to reflect Stalin's perspective
Communist Party's official stance on religion
Communist Party's official stance on religion
Officially atheist
What happened to places of worship
What happened to places of worship
Systematically closed down
Purpose of socialist realism
Purpose of socialist realism
To depict Soviet life in an unrealistically positive way
What replaced Congress of Soviets in 1936
What replaced Congress of Soviets in 1936
Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Type of suffrage introduced in 1936
Type of suffrage introduced in 1936
Universal suffrage
Reality of voting in 1936 Constitution
Reality of voting in 1936 Constitution
Only one party - Communist Party - to vote for
Who could ignore workers' rights in practice
Who could ignore workers' rights in practice
Secret police
Real purpose of 1936 Constitution
Real purpose of 1936 Constitution
Propaganda tool, not genuine governance framework