After World War I, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, Russia became the first communist state. Josef Stalin took over from Lenin and used terror and propaganda to keep control and ensure that communism remained strong in Russia.
Within a generation, Russia was transformed from a backwards, agricultural, peasant society to a more modern, industrial, urban one. However, the Russian people paid a high price for this transformation.
Stalin’s Russia Type of source
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WORKING WITH THE EVIDENCE! —————————————
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Visual Visual
Propaganda poster Stalin monument, Prague (destroyed in 1962)
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Propaganda poster
What image of Stalin and Russia is being presented by each of these sources? What can historians learn from sources such as these?
