This paper aims to explore the structure and function of political system that became prominent under the Stalin regime during 1920-1940.
Bolsheviks, members of the Russian Communist Party treated political propaganda and agitation as central to their political agenda. They disregarded the public’s reason and collective consciousness. The plight of workers who were subject to materialistic forces were culturally and intellectually inferior who sought political guidance. Accordingly, based on Socialist Realism, a number of political symbols e.g. ‘vozhd(Вождь)’, ‘Stachanov’, ‘enemy of the people’, ‘Zoya Кosmodemianskaya’, ‘stalingrad’, etc. became a prominent feature of the reigning system. This was later challenged by Socialism and a radical change followed after the establishment of De-Stalinization policy which aimed at eradicating the memory and influence of Stalin or Stalinism, it pursued elimination of the symbols and promoted political nihilism that eventually led to the collapse of the USSR.