Rocketing into a New Culture

The early years of Stalin’s reign provided a multitude of revolutionary systems. The main goal focused on expanding and modernizing the economy and culture, pushing for a futuristic country. Along with the surge of industry, the technology and scientific realm saw a massive growth. The upbringing of the radio was one huge innovation with the […]

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Happy-Go-Lucky Fellows

In the 1930s, the Soviet government became firmly established and Stalin was seen as the clear leader of the Russian people. With an economy that was now booming and food now available for most people after the horrors of the early stages of collectivization, culture was free to bloom once more. Cinema prospered in the […]

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“The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

The 1930s saw a great shift in Soviet Culture. The nation was moving from a time of internal conflict and struggle that surrounded the Revolutions and Civil War of the 20s, to an era where Soviet Culture began to sculpt a more optimistic identity for the nation. The decade saw the concept of the “ideal” … Continue reading “The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

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Physical Culture in the 1930’s

“The physical education of the rising generation is one of the necessary elements of the system of communist education of youth” – Vladimir Lenin The incorporation of regular exercise into the lives of the soviet people was seen as necessary because there was this association between physical well being and social well being. The success of socialism and the health of the revolution

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