During the late 1920s into the early 1930s, there was a debate about the difference between capitalist and socialist physical culture. In the past, before the revolution, most sports had been accessible only to the privileged social classes. The Bolsheviks had been isolated to the physical culture of sports and hygiene. But in the 1930’s … Continue reading Parade of Athletes →
Category: Third Research Digest
The Illusion of the New Soviet Man
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“’Life has become more joyous,’ Stalin exulted in November 1935” (Freeze pg. 362). And indeed, despite the brutality that would ensue with the Great Purges of 1936-38, it had; the mid-1930s brought an “imagined harmony” in the Soviet Union (Freeze pg. 362). Former enemies’ of Stalin began to heap praise on the dictator, most notably … Continue reading The Illusion of the New Soviet Man →
It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
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With WWI, the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War out of the way, the Soviets finally felt they had some free time and the resources to further their campaign of industrialization by modernizing its cities with the latest technology to try to make them efficient and clean for the productive use of the masses. … Continue reading It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
Little Less Revolution, Little More Procreation: Social Conservatism in 1930’s Soviet Russia
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Exemplified by the rise of more restrictive views on abortion (accompanied by its illegalization), the 30’s were period of increasingly conservative values and a more rigid family structure for Soviet Russians (“Abolition of Legal Abortion”). This rigidity could also be observed in the way “the first soviet generation” was raised, with 1930’s soviet children simultaneously … Continue reading Little Less Revolution, Little More Procreation: Social Conservatism in 1930’s Soviet Russia →
Tell-tales
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Imagine living in a place where you could not trust ANYONE. You could not trust your friends, relatives, or family. You could not even trust your own CHILDREN. The only person in the entire world you could trust was YOURSELF. In the Soviet Union, children’s denunciation of their relatives was strongly encouraged. Although it did … Continue reading Tell-tales →
The Worker and the Kolkhoz Woman
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Take a close look at the image below. What do you see? …Any chance you thought the photograph resembled this man? What you have been looking at is a close-up of one of the most famous statues in all of Russia, The Worker and the Kolkhoz Woman, which was created in the year 1937 by … Continue reading The Worker and the Kolkhoz Woman →
