Russia.2FSoviet Union List of cults of personality
russia has long history of worshiping rulers, , tsars glorified wise , gracious leaders, historians take line communist regime adapted tradition. in era of stalinism, soviet state fostered extreme cult of personality around joseph stalin.
chinese communists celebrate joseph stalin s 70th birthday, 1949.
nikita khrushchev recalled marx s criticism in 1956 secret speech denouncing joseph stalin , cult of personality 20th party congress:
comrades, cult of individual acquired such monstrous size chiefly because stalin himself, using conceivable methods, supported glorification of own person.... 1 of characteristic examples of stalin s self-glorification , of lack of elementary modesty edition of short biography, published in 1948.
this book expression of dissolute flattery, example of making man godhead, of transforming him infallible sage, greatest leader , sublime strategist of times , nations . no other words found lift stalin heavens.
we need not give here examples of loathsome adulation filling book. need add approved , edited stalin , of them added in own handwriting draft text of book.
some authors (e.g., alexander zinovyev) have argued leonid brezhnev s rule characterized cult of personality, though unlike stalin, brezhnev did not initiate large-scale persecutions in country. 1 of aspects of leonid brezhnev s cult of personality obsession titles, rewards , decorations, leading inflated decoration medals, orders , on. ridiculed ordinary people , led creation of many political jokes.
some journalists , russian oppositionists argue there cult of personality around vladimir putin (see putinism). currently, one-fourth of russian population believes cult of personality reminiscent of soviet union-era leaders has developed around vladimir putin, while thirty percent believed there increasing signs of personality cult surrounding putin. evidence of includes food products named after him. other evidence of putin s personality cult includes existence of army of putin, own female fan club involvement in action man publicity stunts. in december 2015, russian youth group name of network published book called world-changing words, key quotes of vladimir putin , has been compared mao zedong s little red book.
in chechnya, head of republic ramzan kadyrov has been accused of creating cult of personality around himself.
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