Life in a Totalitarian State

1. Life in a Totalitarian State By: Sebastian Trout

2. From the 1930’s untill his death, Stalin tried to boost morale and faith in the communist system by making himself look like a god to everyone else. • This “cult of personality” was ane more pilliar to support his absolute power. Introduction

3. Joseph Stalin turned the soviet union into a totalitarian state. • In a Totalitarian state, a one-party dictatorship will attempt to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens. An “Iron Age” of Totalitarian Control

4. The communists replaced religion with their own ideology. • Like a religion, communist ideology had its own “sacred” text Continued….

5. The Communists transformed Russian life. They destroyed the old social order of landowning nobles at the top and serfs at the bottom. • At the front of the society were members of the communist party. Only a small part of soviet citizens were allowed to join the party. Changes in Soviet Society

6. The Bolshevik Revolution at first meant greater freedom for Russian artists and writers. • The government controlled what books were published, what music was heard, and which works of art were put on display. The Arts and the State

7. Strick censorship, huge propaganda, and terror were instruments used by Joseph Stalin to ensure personal power and to push the Soviet union toward modernization. Looking Ahead