The point of view that Stalinism sprang mainly from the leader’s mischievous nature and was powered by historical and cultural specificity of Soviet development, only partially explains the “cult technology” of Stalin. To the formation, maintenance and development of this phenomenon contributed and other factors. An important role was played by Stalin’s entourage - those at the top of the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet Union, USSR leading intellectuals, academics, artists and Russian Orthodox Church. This was possible within a closed society, as it was during the Stalinist period of Soviet Union.