Bolshevik Culture: Experiment and Order in the Russian Revolution

by Abbott Gleason

In the tumultuous years after the revolution of 1917, the traditional cutlure of Imperial Russia was both destroyed and preserved, as a new Soviet culture began to take shape. This book focuses on the interaction between the emerging political and cultural policies of the Soviet regime and the deeply held traditional values of the worker and peasant masses.

Genres: Russia, Soviet History, History

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Connor Murphy]

I definitely recommend this book as it covers the creation of a Bolshevik/proletarian culture incredibly well with some real niche but fascinating entries. One of my favourites has to be chapter 10 by Katerina Clark about the differences between 1920s peasant literature and whether people wanted an urban or rural utopia. I definitely don’t recommend chapter 9 by Jeffery Brooks though, I literally couldn’t finish it and Peter Kenez had gone into some detail about the production and distribution of printed materials in the essay before anyway.