The totalitarian state Stalin had built in Russia employed all of the devised methods of control and persuasion. Stalin monitored telephone lines, read mail, and planted informers everywhere. He eliminated his those who supposedly opposed him and threatened his right to rule in both the masses and the members of the Communist Party. He controlled all sources of information from newspapers, motion pictures and the radio to art, literature, science and history. Schools were strictly controlled and those who opposed the Communist Party’s interpretation on science and history risked losing their jobs of imprisonment. Stalin even resorted to replacing religion with communistic ideals. He spread propaganda attacking the church and set up “museums of atheism” which showed people that religious beliefs were merely superstition. Stalin’s utter control on society did away with the prized ideals of Western Democracy (reason, freedom, human dignity, and the value of the individual).
