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