Culture in Russia

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What was the Prolekult?
Idea of 'Proletarian culture'
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Who created this?
Bogdanov
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What was a key strand of this group and what did they advocate?
Constructivists- complete socialist culture.
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What did Lenin create in 1917 to encourage artists?
Commisariat of Enlightenment
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What was Prolekult a challenge to?
High culture
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What caused more avant garde?
WW1
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What did trotsky call artists?
Fellow Travellers
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What are examples of avante grade?
Mystery Bouffe (1918) and Eisenstein.
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When was the Cultural revolution launched?
1928
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How was there change in cultural revolution?
Absolute conformity and Komsomol attack 'Bourgeoise elements'.
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What was the cult termed?
Cult of little man.
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What is a novel that exemplified this?
Time Forward- Katev.
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When did Socialist Realism begin?
1932
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What did this include?
RAPP closed- replaced with union of Writers.
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What was Stalin's slogan?
Life is a little more joyous.
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How did art change under Stalin?
Avante garde banned.
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How did literature change?
More focused on héros of party- Gorky.
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How did music change?
Military songs, and politically incorrect themes banned- Lady Macbeth of Mstensk and saxophone banned in 1940s.
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How did architecture change?
Wedding cake style- Stalinist baroque.
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How did film change?
More propoganda in WW2.
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What impact did de-stalinisation have?
Woks previously banned published- Babel.
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How else did culture change in USSR under Khrushchev?
New themes- religious, western music- rock n roll.
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What invention made music more widespread?
Tape recorder.
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How were there clashes with Khrushchev and the government?
Dr Zhivago banned 1957 but leaked in 1958 and won nobel prize.
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What showed less control?
Art exhibition in 1962 showed Khrushchev angry but not take any action.
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What did komsomol do?
Viewed behaviour say as too explicit
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When was trial of Brodsky and what did it prove?
1964, not licensed and 5 years in prison showed gov strict but less control as within law.
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When was trial of Sinyavsky and Daniel and what did it prove?
1966, arrested for content of work but protests of 200 students showed slight less resistance.
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How did Andropov do?
More western music, and vet all rock groups.
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