1. Life in a Totalitarian State

2. Totalitarian Control Terror- increase support for communism
Propaganda- ads to promote communism
Religion- atheism

3. Changes in Society
New Elite- communist members made up a privileged group
Social Benefits- virtually nonexistent unemployment
Drawbacks- lower standard of living

4. Changes in Society
D. Education- certain skills & communist values were part of school curriculum
E. Women- won equality under law

5. The Arts & the State
Socialist realism: Stalin forced artists to show Soviet life in a positive light

6. Question:
Think of something in your life that you are proud of or something you accomplished.
How did you feel when you achieved this?
How do you feel about it now?
Is it important to be recognized for these accomplishments?

7. The Arts & the State B. Censorship Boris Pasternak- “Dr. Zhivago”
Won Nobel Prize, but turned it down because pressure from govt.
Anna Akhmatova- Great Russian poet who’s poems were banned

8. Communist Cartoons

9. Communist Cartoons
“I won the Nobel Prize for literature. What was your crime?” - Boris Pasternak