Soviet Culture and Power - A History in Documents, 1917-1953 (Hardcover)

A history of Soviet repression of cultural and artistic life, based on remarkable archival documents never published in English before Leaders of the Soviet Union, Stalin chief among them, well understood the power of art, and their response was to attempt to control and directit in every way possible. This book examines Soviet cultural politics from the Revolution to Stalin's death in 1953. Drawing on a wealth of newly released documents from the archives of the former Soviet Union, the book provides remarkable insight on relations between Gorky, Pasternak, Babel, Meyerhold, Shostakovich, Eisenstein, and many other intellectuals, and the Soviet leadership. Stalin's role in directing these relations, and his literary judgments and personal biases, will astonish many. The documents presented in this volume reflect the progression of Party control in the arts. They include decisions of the Politburo, Stalin's correspondence with individual intellectuals, his responses to particular plays, novels, and movie scripts, petitions to leaders from intellectuals, and secret police reports on intellectuals under surveillance. Introductions, explanatory materials, and a biographical index accompany the documents.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Annals of Communism
Release date:	July 2007
First published:	August 2007
Editors:	Katerina Clark • Evgeny Dobrenko
Compiled by:	Andrei Artizov • Oleg V. Naumov
Translators:	Marian Schwartz
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	576
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-10646-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-300-10646-7
Barcode:	9780300106466

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