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The author analysed watchwords and slogans praising Stalin and simultaneously creating the image of the dictator. Their universal use led to the situation in which every individual, influenced by propaganda, behaved as if his/ her reactions were results of his/her own decisions. Building up the myth of Stalin was based on intentional and systematic shaping perception, as well as on manipulation of thoughts and behaviour of the society. Interferences in proper names were supposed to stabilize this myth. The author directed his attention to the image of the dictator popularized by literature and the press. Concluding the author suggests the following statements: a) the myth of Stalin was transitional, b) this myth has not died down, c) one should associate the myth of Stalin with the mythomania, rather than with mythology.