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Culture and Power in Revolutionary Russia

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Christopher Read

    1. University of Warwick, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Making of the Russian Intelligentsia

    • Christopher Read
    Pages 1-38

  3. The Intelligentsia in War and Revolution

    • Christopher Read
    Pages 39-93

  4. The Bolsheviks and Cultural Life during the Civil War

    • Christopher Read
    Pages 94-141

  5. Laying the Foundations of Cultural Power

    • Christopher Read
    Pages 142-185

  6. Compromise or Confrontation? The Contours of Cultural Policy, 1923–5

    • Christopher Read
    Pages 186-229

  7. Conclusion

    • Christopher Read
    Pages 230-234

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 235-266
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About this book

This book shows that the rise of the intelligentsia occurred earlier than is normally thought, and that by 1922, rather than 1932, the underlying principles of the new Soviet government's policies towards culture had already emerged and "proto-Stalinism" was increasingly important.

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  • University of Warwick, UK

    Christopher Read

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