The Post-Stalin years in the Soviet Union are often viewed as an era of “stagnation”, but nothing could be further from the truth. The USSR was on the rise economically, and by the early 1970’s this growth began to come to a point. On a cultural scale, the impacts began to become very evident. For the … Continue reading Give us this Day our Daily Bread… →
Vera Dunham’s self-titled “big deal” conforms well to the Soviet ideology of loyalty to country and the communist objective of happy, equal citizens. Stalin made very few agreements that were helpful to the general Soviet population, but the “big deal” was one that fulfilled multiple needs. Citizens enjoyed seeing Ally country economic successes, thus demanded […]
Art in the post war period embodied the optimistic attitudes of the Soviet Union and highlighted the new positive changes in daily life. One of the most successful artists of this time was Aleksandr Laktionov. He studied at the Soviet Academy of the arts and received the Stalin Award for his famous piece “Letter from the Front” in […]
Read moreAfter the victory of the Great Patriotic War, the Red Army returned with nearly 11 million men. Of these 11 million, nearly 8.5 million will be demobilized after the war and left with a severance package of 1-5 months of pay, depending on years of service. Stalin and the rest of the government had to … Continue reading →
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