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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. 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 judgements and personal biases, will astonish many readers.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 and explanatory materials accompany the documents, and a biographical index offers brief data on figures mentioned in the documents.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Soviet Culture and Power
• Author: Katerina Clark
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 576
• EAN: 9780300106466
• ISBN: 0300106467
• ID: 01326025
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Weight: 932 g
• Dimensions: 240 × 169 × 39 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. July 2007

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