VIGNETTE 1 - Joseph Stalin, Cult of Personality· He created a cult of personality in the Soviet Union. Thus, he accepted grandiloquent and pompus titles, like Coryphaeus of Science, Father of Nations, Brilliant Genius of Humanity, Great Architect of Communism, Gardener of Human Happiness, and others.
· Stalin’s name was included in the new Soviet national anthem, during the Patriotic war. He became the focus of literature, poetry, music, paintings and film, exhibiting fawning devotion, crediting Stalin with almost god-like qualities, and suggesting he single-handedly won the Second World War.
· Numerous towns, villages and cities were renamed after this Soviet leader (Stalingrad, Stalino, Stalinsk, Imeni Stalin, Stalinstadt etc).
· The irony is that all of the statutes of Stalin portray him as a tall man, but his height barely reached 165cm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality
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