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Account for the development of totalitarianism under Stalin between 1928 and 1945 By 1928, Stalin had become the undisputed successor to Lenin, and leader of the CPSU. Stalin’s
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Account for the development of totalitarianism under Stalin between 1928 and 1945 By 1928, Stalin had become the undisputed successor to Lenin, and leader of the CPSU. Stalin's power of appointment had filled the aisles of the Party Congress and Politburo with Stalinist supporters. Political discussion slowly faded away from the Party, and this led to the development of the totalitarian state of the USSR. Stalin, through the Party and bureaucracy was able to extend his personal authority and the Party's control over the people. The cult of personality was a bizarre semi religious institution that emerged following Stalin's assumption of power. Stalin helped further the cult of personality by institutionalising art and culture. Artists and workers were either forced to join the Union of Soviet artists, or otherwise operate illegally. Socialist realism, a form of art appealing to workers and work related themes, was the only form of art produced...
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