Socialist men&men+cultural change Flashcards
Building socialism was partly about economic change but the regime was also intent on creating a new type of citizen, what citizen?
a new socialist man and woman
Although well educated and intelligent, socialist men and women were not what?
independent thinkers
What role did new industrial complex’s such as Magnitorsk have on the new citizen?
this allowed a new environment which influenced the concept of the new citizen
There were periodic events such as what, with processions and festivals glorifying the triumph of socialism?
Stalins birthday 18th December
The most famous scientist in Soviet Russia was Lysenko, what did he believe which would make the task of the State promoting a well-ordered socialiser society easier?
he belied that if human beings acquired the right characteristics, they could be passed on to the next generation
Who was the mot famous scientist in Soviet Russia who believe that f human beings acquired the right characteristics, they could be passed on to the next generation which would make the task of the State promoting a well-ordered socialiser society easier?
Lysenko
Who were enthusiastic about the creation of the new ‘socialist man’ and led the attack on bourgeois values and sometimes burned or vandalised non-localist books and artworks and mocked religion?
Komsomol members
Komsomol members helped spread the proletarian culture as they participated in ________ which were used in collectivisation and industrialisation?
shock brigades
by 1941 how many churches in 40 were still working?
1
By what year had 152 of the 168 bishops in place in 1930 been killed or incarcerated?
1941
By 1941 how many of the 168 bishops in place in 1930 had been killed or incarcerated?
152
Who was Gorky?
He was a renowned author who declared that under Stalin, Russian writers had ‘lost nothing but the right to be bad writers’
who declared that under Stalin, Russian writers had ‘lost nothing but the right to be bad writers’?
renowned author Gorky
Who was Pasternak?
he was a leading Russian poet who welcomed the revolution but by the 1930’s was considered bourgeois for his failure to embrace socialist realism. He was only spared from the purge as Stalin admired his translations of Georgian classics. Persecuted in the USSR during stalin’s later years.
he was a leading Russian poet who welcomed the revolution but by the 1930’s was considered bourgeois for his failure to embrace socialist realism. He was only spared from the purge as Stalin admired his translations of Georgian classics.
who?
Pasternak
Where were some writers sent to work?
on industrial or agricultural sites
Some writers were sent to work on industrial or agricultural sites; this was not necessarily a punishment but a way of trying to do what?
to make sure they were fully imbued with socialist values
What was the avant-garde?
new and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature:
The midi 1930’s saw an attack on the avant-garde. In what year, for example, did Pravada publish a damning critique of Shostakovich’s opera under the headline “Chaos instead of music”?
1936
The midi 1930’s saw an attack on the avant-garde.In 1936 for example, the Pravada published a damning critique of which opera under the headline “Chaos instead of music”?
Shostakovich’s opera
When Stalin heard of the Shostakovich’s opera after headlining as “chaos instead of music” in the Pravada in 1936, what did he have the composer accused of?
leftist distortions
While Shostakovich himself avoided arrest after Stalin had accused his opera of leftist distortions, who was arrested, brutally tortured by the NKVD and shot?
a director who spoke in his defence
What year was the Zhdanov cultural purge which is when Shostakovich was often in disgrace with the Soviet regime?
after 1946
During the war why was Shostakovich treated as a hero?
for his Leningrad symphony composed during the siege of Leningrad
What was the most popular cultural activity among the Russian people?
visiting cinemas
The most popular cultural activity among the Russian people was visiting cinemas however which movies were enjoyed more?
Hollywood movies over Soviet propagandist films
What was the most frequently borrowed book from the Magnitogorsk library?
How the Steel was Tempered
‘How the Steel was Tempered” was the most frequently borrowed book from which library?
Magnitogorsk library
The modern Cambridge historian Dr John Barber has suggested that only what fraction of workers wholeheartedly supported the Stalinist regime and its politics?
1/5th
Who has suggested hat only 1/5th of workers wholeheartedly supported the Stalinist regime and its politics?
the modern Cambridge historian Dr John Barber
