Khrushchev - Culture 1953-1964 Flashcards
What socialist campaign was revived?
Against the church
What was made illegal to teach school children in 1961?
Religion
What subject was introduced into the school curriculum?
Atheism - a course on the ‘foundations of scientific atheism’
What was there a mass closure of?
Seminary schools, orthodox churches, monasteries
What was ‘the Thaw’?
A relaxation of culture and censorship - a result of destalinisation
What restrictions were lifted?
- foreign radio
- foreign literature
- international tourism ‘Intourist’
What culture was allowed?
That denounced Stalin and did not criticise Marxist-Leninism
Which previously denounced cultural artists were pardoned?
- Shostakovich
- Akhmatova
What was published in 1962 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?
One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich
What book was banned?
Pasternak’s Dr Zhivago
When was Dr Zhivago published? Where?
1957 in Italy
What happened to Boris Pasternak?
Expelled from the Soviet Union of Writers
What does Tamizdat mean?
Illegally publishing works abroad
What does Samizdat mean?
Illegally transcribing banned works
Who was there a statue built of in 1958?
Mayakovsky
What did the Mayakovsy square spark?
Groups of poetry readings
What happened to some of the poetry groups in 1961?
They were arrested for subversive political activity
How many were arrested for living an ‘anti-social’ and parasitic way of life?
130,000
Where were people sent for subverting politics?
Labour camps or mental hospitals
What is magnitizdat?
Illegal tape recordings of music
What did the underground song ‘Moscow Kitchens’ mean?
Political subversion occurred in the capital
Who defected in Paris, in 1961?
Rudolf Nureyev
When was the World Youth Festival?
1957
Where was and how many attended the World Youth Festival?
Moscow, 34,000
