Totalitarian Culture

Question 0

Soviet art was?

Answer 0

Revolutionary in the 1920s

Question 1

Stalin made sure that all aspects of culture followed very strict guidelines and conformed to?

Answer 1

Socialist realism

Question 2

In the 1920s Russia’s literature was dominated by the?

Answer 2

Russian Association of Proletarian Writers created in 1925

Question 3

The RAPP promoted?

Answer 3

Realism in literature and wanted writers to concentrate on the everyday activities of ordinary people

Question 4

The realism that RAPP called for was influenced by the novel?

Answer 4

Cement (1924)

Question 5

Cement focuses on an ex-red army soldier who works in a cement factory and lead a crusade against?

Answer 5

Corruption and incompetence in the factory and brings it up into full production

Question 6

Stalin ended the experimentation in culture in the?

Answer 6

1930s

Question 7

Stalin wanted culture to serve a political purpose and he intended to use culture to?

Answer 7

Promote socialism and achievements of the 5YPs

Led to the introduction of Socialist Realism

Question 8

Socialist realism meant all artists and writers to produce works that glorified the strugglers the soviet people through?

Answer 8

Revolutions
Civil war
Industrial development
Collectivisation of agriculture

Question 9

Socialist realism meant that art, literature and music were meant to promote?

Answer 9

Socialism and party policies

Question 10

Stalin saw artists as…

Answer 10

“Engineers of the human soul”

Question 11

Stalin used artists to…

Answer 11

Influence now the people thought and behaved

Question 12

Socialist realist art and writing made to make Russians fell optimistic. It’s style was simplified so that?

Answer 12

Ordinary people could appreciate it

Question 13

Paintings, sculptures and books focused on the importance of the…

Answer 13

Hero, a role model for others to follow and imitate