In 1945, several educated, high-minded officers in the Soviet Army identified with the Decembrists, a group of young Russian officers who returned from the battle against Napoleon inspired with political liberalism and …

Why did Vladimir Mayakovsky, the most famous bard of the Bolshevik Revolution, commit suicide? In 1940, this group of young people were passionately discussing the world’s destiny, the impending war, and the …

The children of Moscow Arbat in USSR attended schools in the 1930s when the majority of teachers were from the time before the revolution. The majority of shared flats in the Arbat …

Similarly, traces of the romantic revolutionary idealism and optimism that had strongly driven the creators of the Soviet system persisted, despite the immense moral and physical losses suffered by its members in …

The death of the poet Boris Pasternak, who had been associated with the intellectual elite of the past, marked the point at which a new spiritual and civic group began to form …

In 1956 Boris Pasternak distributed the manuscript of Doctor Zhivago to multiple international publishers and, under intense pressure from the Soviet authorities, colluded with them to ensure the publication of his novel …

Stalin passed away on March 5, 1953. His passing was lamented by millions. Only a small number of individuals observed the passing of the esteemed Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev on that very …

Stalin regime, conform to the policies of the regime or face destruction. The Stalin-Zhdanov decrees of 1946, which granted the party direct authority over culture, stifled authentic creation, fostered widespread self-censorship, and …

Members of the USSR Russian Association of Proletarian Writers. In 1939, he completed his studies at the Institute of Literature and commenced his career as a war correspondent. The Nazi invasion of …

USSR administration in Boris pasterka era enlisted artists and authors, who fulfilled several roles in order to motivate individuals to exhibit sacrifice and courage through the use of nationalistic slogans. At this …