Ideological repression in the Soviet Union
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Ideological repression in the Soviet Union targeted various worldviews and the corresponding categories of people.
Ideological repression in arts
Until the late 1920s, various forms of artistic expression were tolerated. However, an increase in the scope of
Yevgeny Zamiatin and Boris Pilnyak.[1]
Soon the concept of socialist realism was established, as the officially approved form of art, an instrument of propaganda, and the main touchstone of ideological censorship.
Repression of religion
Ideological repression in science
Certain scientific fields in the Soviet Union were suppressed after being labeled as ideologically suspect.[2][3] In some cases the consequences of ideological influences were dramatic. The suppression of research began during the Stalin era and continued, in softened forms, after his regime.[4]
See also
- Bibliography of the Russian Revolution and Civil War
- Bibliography of Stalinism and the Soviet Union
- Bibliography of the post-Stalinist Soviet Union
References
- ISBN 1-57003-143-6.
- ISBN 978-0-521-28789-0
- ISBN 978-0-415-27122-6
- ^ Loren R. Graham, Science and philosophy in the Soviet Union. New York, 1972, [1] Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine[ISBN missing]
