Soviet Culture and Power: A History in Documents, 1917-1953 (Annals of Communism)

by EvgenyDobrenko (Editor), KaterinaClark (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $112.31

  Leaders of the Soviet Union, Stalin chief among them, well understood the power of art, and their response was to attempt to control and direct it in every way possible. This book examines Soviet cultural politics from the Revolution to Stalin's death in 1953. It reflects the progression of Party control in the arts.