Soviet Propaganda – snapshots of the totalitarian state ?

When we were coming to the end of Agriculture, we had our first proper look at Stalin. The scale and scope of Collectivisation certainly left an impact on many of you. We moved on to discuss the idea of a totalitarian state. This excellent site will allow to explore the drift to the Stalinist totalitarian state, decade by decade. It does so through the propaganda posters. Alternatively you may like to do the whole thing in two minutes to music. If so, look at the Youtube clip below. Remember how Mussolini descibed a totalitarian State – “everything within the state – nothing outside it”.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omE-dOcMf5E&feature=related[/youtube]

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