12Stalin Revolution: Politics and
Power
Overview
A. Main Issues and Themes
B. Stalinism: Models
C. Vozhd’: Stalin as Leader
D. Pillars of Power: Party, State, Army, Police
E. Conclusions
A. Issues and Themes
1. Historiography
2. Sources
3. Theme: “Stalin Revolution”a. New politics
b. Economic breakthrough
c. Social transformation
d. Cultural construction and “Sovietization”
B. Stalinism: Models
1. “Totalitarianism”
2. Bureaucracy
3. Social Interpretation
4. Political Culture
C. Vozhd’: Stalin as Leader
1. Roots
2. Praktik
3. Ruler
4. Stalinism: the doctrines
5. Stalin: Imaged and imagined
Poster: Stalin’s with us
Stalin and Five-Year Plan
Stalin and Voroshilov: Defending the Fatherland
Stalin and Daughter, Svetlana
Stalin’s Party Card
Stalin and Gorky (1934)
Stalin and Child: May Day 1938
Thanks to Our Very Own Stalin for a Happy Childhood
Orphans: Thanking Stalin for a Happy Childhood
“In the Kremlin, Stalin Is Taking Care of Each of Us” (1940)
D. Instruments of Power
1. Party
2. State
3. Military
4. Police
D. Instruments of Power1. The Party
a. Re-building
b. De-structuring
c. Re-staffing
d. Results
Party Membership
Year Party Members (millions)
1928 1.3
1933 3.6
1938 1.9
1941 3.8
Women Shock Workers: Join the Communist Party!
D. Instruments of Power2. Soviet State
a. Bureaucracy
b. “Stalin Constitution”
c. Constraints
d. Rationalization
1936: Kolkhozniki discuss the Stalin constitution
Demonstration in Favor of Constitution
Horror of the Bureaucrat: The People Hold Power (1936)
Stalin Votes
1936 Constitution: Book cover and Stalin
Commemorating the Stalin Constitution
D. Instruments of Power3. Army
a. Taming
b. Rebuilding
D. Instruments of Power4. Police
a. Reorganizing
b. Power
c. GULAG
d. Leaders: Iagoda, Ezhov, Beria
Iagoda
Iagoda: 1937 File
Beria: NKVD
Stalin, Svetlana, Beria
E. Conclusions
