Film
Of the many artistic genres that shaped the Culture and Civilization of Stalinism, arguably none was more significant than cinema. Newsreels, animated shorts, and feature films were among the most popular and effective instruments in communicating Communist ideas and values
Painting
As was true of other artistic genres which adhered to the post-1932 “official style” of Stalinist culture, socialist realism, painting was above all intended to serve didactic, or instructional purposes. Individual artists were responsible for capturing on canvas the “objective
Architecture
Although architecture was the last artistic field to undergo Stalinization, the imposition of the new cultural line at the First Congress of Soviet Architects (1937) left an enormous imprint on the country’s subsequent history. Literally. Dedicated to the monumental task
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