Title of the article:

CREATORS OF THE NEW: FROM THE WORKING EXPERIENCE OF MOSCOW PROLETKULT

Author(s):

Mikhail V. Yudin

Information about the author/authors

Mikhail V. Yudin — PhD in History, Associate Professor, Institute of Slavic Culture, A. N. Kosygin Russian State University (Technologies. Design. Art), Khibinsky pr., 6, 129337 Moscow, Russia.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1604-756X
E-mail: yudinm@yandex.ru

Section

Theory and history of culture

Year

2022

Volume

Vol. 66

Pages

pp. 88–89

Received

November 17, 2022

Approved after reviewing

March 15, 2022

Date of publication

December 28, 2022

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2022-66-88-98

Index UDK

008

Index BBK

71.41(2)

Abstract

The present paper continues the series of publications on theoretic foundations of the Proletkult movement and the issues of relationships with authorities during the first decades of the 20 c. It is to analyze the experience of creative activities of organizations for cultural education in post-war Russia. Drawing upon basically archival data the author specifies literary, theatrical, musical, artistic and design directions of activity of Moscow Proletkult. Numerous examples attest to the incorporation of the workers into creative process. The study draws attention to the role of ideology in shaping of a person of the new revolutionary era. The main structural organizations to engage the workers used to be the studios, clubs, circles, creative workshops. As the paper emphasizes, organizations of Proletkult provided a powerful impetus to the artistic activity of the population. And although the attempt of finding new ways in culture and creating a special, “elite” proletarian culture came to be unsuccessful, the school of Proletkult has trained a range of creative specialists, performed considerable educational work and ensured leisure activities of the workers during the Civil war.

Keywords

proletarian culture, Moscow Proletkult, Creative Activities of the Workers.

References

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