The ending of the October Revolution saw a major change in how the Russian workman’s day was regimented. No more would their lives be dominated by work. Instead, the day was broken into thirds with eight hours set aside for work, eight hours for recreation and eight hours for sleep. This allowed the working class new […]
Bublichki The night comes rolling in, it reels and it spins, The light fights through the nighttime gloom. I’m dirtier …
Socialist Cinema The cinema was really the only practical application of new life technology for the Soviets during the time of the revolution. New found technologies such as airplanes and cars were not something feasible for everyday use by the Soviets. During the revolution when the Bolsheviks were making films, they were not very well […]
Buzzer-Fly (1924) is a children’s story written by Kornei Chukovsky, Russia’s most famous children’s writer. Chukovsky created a fanciful tale of a fly on her birthday. The birthday fly invites her insect friends to celebrate her day. They enjoy a traditional Russian tea from a samovar. Unfortunately, their party comes to a sudden halt when a […]
The Little Red Devils, written by P. Blyakhin is Russian Revolution adventure story about two young revolutionaries who find themselves at the fore front of the revolution. The film begins with the two main characters (Mishka and Dunyasha) working in a…
The Young Guard is a classic Soviet poem written by Aleksandr Bezymensky, who was a member of the first wave of Soviet poets and literary minds who came after the Revolution of 1917 occurred. The poem is about the men and women who led the Russian revolution, known as the Young Guard. The poem outlines their […]
Leon Trotsky phenomenally described the noticeable flaws in popular cinema in his editorial from Pravda titled “Vodka, the Church, and Cinema”. This article initially describes changes in early Soviet life such as vodka prohibition and the eight hour cap on working days, but then expands on the potentially devastating, but useful role of cinema during the […]
In 1923 Leon Trotsky wrote an article for Pravda in which he explored the relationship of the church to the revolution, espoused the virtues of Cinema as a tool for re educating the masses, and went about describing how cinema could be used as a weapon by the Bolsheviks to destroy alcoholism and religion within the budding […]
Read moreThe ending of the October Revolution saw a major change in how the Russian workman’s day was regimented. No more would their lives be dominated by work. Instead, the day was broken into thirds with eight hours set aside for work, eight hours for recreation and eight hours for sleep. This allowed the working class new … Continue reading To Win Their Hearts and Minds… →
Bublichki The night comes rolling in, it reels and it spins, The light fights through the nighttime gloom. I’m dirtier …
