Under Stalin, the political culture, or the distinguishing beliefs, values, attitudes, habits, and behavior patterns that characterized a political community, was seen as very fearful. Citizens of Russia, during Stalin's rule, were very careful as to not agrivate law enforcement. Even the smallest amount of suspicion for a crime, or for attempting to sabotage the Communist Party, was enough to have a Russian citizen executed, or sent to a Gulag labor camp. Despite all of these socially oppressing capaigns and persecutions, Stalin still gained massive support from those he ruled. Out of fear, Stalin was looked up to by the Russian people, and was seen as a wartime hero in the war against Nazi Germany. One of the most powerful ways of creating this lionization is through powerful and consistent propaganda. Most of this propaganda was derived on a tripod of media control, a fostered personality cult, and a claimed legacy.
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