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"Roses for Stalin", Boris Vladimirski, 1949

For other meanings of the term realism, see realism (disambiguation).

Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism. Although related, it should not be confused with social realism, a type of art that realistically depicts subjects of social concern. Image File history File links Gnome-globe. ... B. E. Vladimirskij: Roses for Stalin. 1949. ... B. E. Vladimirskij: Roses for Stalin. 1949. ... Categories: Russia-related stubs ... The terms Realism or Realist (in reference to an adherent of Realism), may refer to. ... Teleology (telos: end, purpose) is the philosophical study of design, purpose, directive principle, or finality in nature or human creations. ... Realism in the visual arts and literature is the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life, without embellishment or interpretation. ... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization, based upon common ownershipmovement]]. Early forms of human social organization have been described as primitive communism by Marxists. ... A Diego Rivera mural depicting factory workers in Detroit Social Realism is an artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist arts, which depicts working class activities as heroic. ...

Socialist realism in the Soviet Union

Socialist realism was the officially approved type of art in the Soviet Union for nearly sixty years. Communist doctrine decreed that all material goods and means of production belonged to the community as a whole. This included works of art and the means of producing art, which were also seen as powerful propaganda tools. During the October Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks established a movement called Proletkult (the Proletarian Cultural and Enlightenment Organizations) which sought to put all arts into the service of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Red October redirects here. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Proletkult is an portmanteau of proletarskaya kultura (пролетарская культура), Russian for proletarian culture. It was a movement active in the Soviet Union in 1917/1925 to provide the foundations for a truly proletarian art devoid of bourgeois influence. ... The dictatorship of the proletariat is a term employed by Karl Marx in his 1875 Critique of the Gotha Program that refers to a transition period between capitalist and communist society in which the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat. The term refers to a...

In the early years of the Soviet Union, Russian and Soviet artists embraced a wide variety of art forms under the auspices of Proletkult. Revolutionary politics and radical non-traditional art forms were seen as complementary. In art, constructivism flourished. In poetry, the nontraditional and the avant-garde were often praised. Tatlin Tower. ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ...

This, however, aroused criticism from elements in the Communist party, who rejected modern styles such as impressionism and cubism, since these movements existed before the revolution and hence were associated with "decadent bourgeois art." Socialist realism was thus to some extent a reaction against the adoption of these "decadent" styles. Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists, who began exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s. ... It has been suggested that Analytic cubism, Synthetic cubism be merged into this article or section. ...

"Stalin as an Organiser of the October Revolution" by Karp Trokhimenko

Socialist realism became state policy in 1932 when Stalin promulgated the decree "On the Reconstruction of Literary and Art Organizations". The Union of Soviet Writers was founded to control the output of authors, and the new policy was rubber-stamped at the Congress of Socialist Writers in 1934. It was enforced ruthlessly in all spheres of artistic endeavour. Artists who strayed from the official line were severely punished – many were sent to the Gulag labour camps in Siberia and elsewhere. Image File history File links Stalin as an Organiser of the October Revolution by Karp Trokhimenko (1885-1975). ... Image File history File links Stalin as an Organiser of the October Revolution by Karp Trokhimenko (1885-1975). ... Red October redirects here. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვი&#4314... The USSR Union of Writers, or Union of Soviet Writers (Russian: ) was a creative union of professional writers in the USSR. It was founded in 1932 on the initiative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party The aim of the Union was to achieve Party and State control in... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gulag ( , Russian: ) is an acronym for Главное Управление Исправительно—Трудовых Лагерей и колоний, Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey i kolonii, The Chief Directorate [or Administration] of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies of the NKVD. Anne Applebaum, in her book Gulag: A History, explains: // Literally, the word GULAG is an acronym, meaning Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei, or Main Camp... Siberian Federal District (darker red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) arctic northeast Siberia Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia and comprising a large part of the Euro-Asian Steppe. ...

The restrictions were loosened somewhat after Stalin's death in 1953 but the state still kept a tight rein on personal artistic expression. This caused many artists to chose to go into exile, for example the Odessa Group from the city of that name. Independently-minded artists that remained continued to experience the hostility of the state. In 1974, for instance, a show of unofficial art in a field near Moscow was broken up, and the artworks destroyed, with water cannon and bulldozers (see Bulldozer Exhibition). Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost and perestroika facilitated an explosion of interest in alternative art styles in the late 1980s, but socialist realism remained in force as the official state art style until as late as 1991. It was not until after the fall of the Soviet Union that artists were finally freed from state censorship. 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Odessa Group of exiled and dissident artists take their name from the city of that name that in now in the Ukraine but was formerly part of the Soviet Union. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Oscar Rabine, Roses on the Preobrazhensky Val, 1966. ... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov ( , IPA: , commonly written as Mikhail Gorbachev; born March 2, 1931) was the last leader of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until its collapse in 1991. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ...

Socialist realism in other states

Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw

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The Soviet Union exported socialist realism to virtually all of the other Communist countries, although the degree to which it was enforced there varied somewhat from country to country. It became the predominant art form across the Communist world for nearly fifty years. Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, by Akir , File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, by Akir , File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Palace of Culture and Science A statue holding a book of Marx, Engels, and Lenin, with the name Stalin plastered over The Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: Pałac Kultury i Nauki, also abbreviated PKiN) in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland and the worlds 164th tallest... Warsaw (Polish: , , in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland, its largest city, and a gamma world city. ... Image File history File links Avrora_Krasnodar. ... Image File history File links Avrora_Krasnodar. ...

Today, arguably the only country still focused on these aesthetic principles is North Korea. The People's Republic of China occasionally reverts to socialist realism for specific purposes, such as idealised propaganda posters to promote the Chinese space program. The space program of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) began in 1956 with the cooperation of the USSR and continued as an indigenous nuclear deterrent program after the Sino-Soviet split in 1960. ...

Socialist realism had little mainstream impact in the non-Communist world, where it was widely seen as a totalitarian means of imposing state control on artists.

Roots of socialist realism

The political aspect of socialist realism was, in some respects, a continuation of pre-Soviet state policy. Censorship and attempts to control the content of art did not begin with the Soviets, but were a long-running feature of Russian life. The Tsarist government also appreciated the potentially disruptive effect of art and required all books to be cleared by the censor. Writers and artists in 19th century Imperial Russia became quite skilled at evading censorship by making their points without spelling it out in so many words. However, Soviet censors were not so easily evaded. For other uses, see Censor. ... Monomakhs Cap symbol of Russian autocracy, the crown of Russian grand princes and tsars Czar and tzar redirect here. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start...

Socialist realism had its roots in neoclassicism and the traditions of realism in Russian literature of the 19th century that described the life of simple people. It was exemplified by the aesthetic philosophy of Maxim Gorki. The work of the Peredvizhniki ("Wanderers," a Russian realist movement of the late 19th / early 20th centuries), Jacques-Louis David and Ilya Yefimovich Repin were notable influences. Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ... Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia or its émigrés, and to the Russian-language literature of several independent nations once a part of what was historically Russia or the Soviet Union. ... Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 16, 1868–June 18, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горьк&#1080... Peredvizhniki (Передвижники, in Russian) - the Russian artists-realists entering into Company of mobile art exhibitions (1870-1923). ... Realism in the visual arts and literature is the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life, without embellishment or interpretation. ... Self portrait of Jacques-Louis David (1794) Jacques-Louis David (August 30, 1748 – December 29, 1825) was a highly influential French painter in the Neoclassical style. ... Self-portrait Ilyá Yefímovich Répin (Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин) (August 5, 1844 (Julian calendar: July 24) – September 29, 1930) was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic school. ...

Characteristics of socialist realism

Socialist-Realist allegories surrounding the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw

Socialist realism held that successful art depicts and glorifies the proletariat's struggle toward socialist progress. The Statute of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1934 stated that socialist realism Sculptures surrounding the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, by Akir File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Sculptures surrounding the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, by Akir File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

is the basic method of Soviet literature and literary criticism. It demands of the artist the truthful, historically concrete representation of reality in its revolutionary development. Moreover, the truthfulness and historical concreteness of the artistic representation of reality must be linked with the task of ideological transformation and education of workers in the spirit of socialism.

Its purpose was to elevate the common worker, whether factory or agricultural, by presenting his life, work, and recreation as admirable. In other words, its goal was to educate the people in the goals and meaning of Communism. The ultimate aim was to create what Lenin called "an entirely new type of human being": New Soviet Man. Stalin described the practitioners of socialist realism as "engineers of souls". In the Communist-Party-sponsored culture of the Soviet Union, the model new Soviet man was described, in several periods, as a person with the qualities that were said to be emerging as dominant among all that countrys citizens, irrespective of its long-standing cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity...

The "realism" part is important. Soviet art at this time aimed to depict the worker as he truly was, carrying his tools. In a sense, the movement mirrors the course of American and Western art, where the everyday human being became the subject of the novel, the play, poetry, and art. The proletariat was at the center of communist ideals; hence, his life was a worthy subject for study. This was an important shift away from the aristocratic art produced under the Russian tsars of previous centuries, but had much in common with the late-19th century fashion for depicting the social life of the common people. Monomakhs Cap symbol of Russian autocracy, the crown of Russian grand princes and tsars Czar and tzar redirect here. ...

The First Tractor by Vladimir Krikhatsky

Compared to the eclectic variety of 20th century Western art, socialist realism often resulted in a fairly bland and predictable range of artistic products (indeed, Western critics wryly described the principles of socialist realism as "Girl meets Tractor"). Painters would depict happy, muscular peasants and workers in factories and collective farms; during the Stalin period, they also produced numerous heroic portraits of the dictator to serve his cult of personality. Industrial and agricultural landscapes were popular subjects, glorifying the achievements of the Soviet economy. Novelists were expected to produce uplifting stories in a manner consistent with the Marxist doctrine of dialectical materialism. Composers were to produce rousing, vivid music that reflected the life and struggles of the proletariat. A painting by Vladimir Krikhatsky named The First Tractor (Первый трактор). It is an oil on cardboard and is 34,5 x 50 cm. ... A painting by Vladimir Krikhatsky named The First Tractor (Первый трактор). It is an oil on cardboard and is 34,5 x 50 cm. ... Categories: Stub | Paintings | Soviet culture ... Billboard of Joseph Stalin. ... It has been suggested that Marxist philosophy of nature be merged into this article or section. ...

Socialist realism thus demanded close adherence to party doctrine, and has often been criticized as detrimental to the creation of true, unfettered art – or as being little more than a means to censor artistic expression. Czesław Miłosz, writing in the introduction to Sinyavsky's On Socialist Realism, describes the products of socialist realism as "inferior", ascribing this as necessarily proceeding from the limited view of reality permitted to creative artists. CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz in September 1999 CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz (1911-2004), Cracow (Poland), December 1998 CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz( ); (June 30, 1911 – August 14, 2004) was a Polish poet and essayist. ...

Not all Marxists accepted the necessity of socialist realism. Its establishment as state doctrine in the 1930s had rather more to do with internal Communist Party politics than classic Marxist imperatives. The Hungarian Marxist essayist Georg Lukács criticized the rigidity of socialist realism, proposing his own "critical realism" as an alternative. However, such critical voices were a rarity until the 1980s. Georg Lukács (April 13, 1885 – June 4, 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic in the tradition of Western Marxism. ...

Notable works and artists of socialist realism

Maxim Gorky's novel Mother is usually considered to have been the first work of socialist realism. Gorky was also a major factor in the school's rapid rise, and his pamphlet, On Socialist Realism, essentially lays out the needs of Soviet art. Other important works of literature include Fyodor Gladkov's Cement (1925) and Mikhail Sholokhov's two volume epic, And Quiet Flows the Don (1934) and The Don Flows Home to Sea (1940). Fyodor Vasilyevich Gladkov (Федор Васильевич Гладков) was a Soviet Socialist realist writer born on June 9, 1883 O.S. (June 21 N.S.) in Chernavka, Saratov gubernia to a family of Old Believers and died on December 20, 1958 in Moscow. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (ru: Михаил Александрович Шолохов) (May 24, 1905 (Old Style May 11) - February 21, 1984) was a Russian novelist. ... And Quiet Flows the Don (1934) is the first part of the great Don epic (Tikhii Don / Тихий дон) written by Mikhail Sholokhov. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

The painter Aleksandr Deineka provides a notable example for his expressionist and patriotic scenes of the Second World War, collective farms, and sports. Yuri Pimenov, Boris Ioganson and Geli Korzev have also been described as "unappreciated masters of twentieth-century realism". [1] Another well-known practitioner was Fyodor Pavlovich Reshetnikov. Alexander Deyneka Battle of Sevastopol Alexander Alexandrovich Deyneka (Russian: Александр Александрович Дейнека; May 20, 1899, Kursk - June 12, 1969, Moscow) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Boris Vladimirovich Ioganson (1893-1973) was a Russian painter. ... Fyodor Pavlovich Reshetnikov (1948) The Great Oath (1949) Arrived for vacation! (1948) Another F? (1952) For other persons named Fyodor Reshetnikov, see Fyodor Reshetnikov (disambiguation). ...

Consequences of socialist realism

A relief from the Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw showing workers greeting victorious soldiers.

Socialist realism's rigid precepts and enforcement inevitably caused great damage to the freedom of Soviet artists to express themselves. Many artists and authors found their works censored, ignored, or rejected. Mikhail Bulgakov, for instance, was forced to write his masterwork, The Master and Margarita, in secret, despite earlier successes such as White Guard. Sergey Prokofiev found himself essentially unable to compose music during this period. Download high resolution version (1005x703, 137 KB)This photograph was by taken by Mozzerati on 2004-08-12. ... Download high resolution version (1005x703, 137 KB)This photograph was by taken by Mozzerati on 2004-08-12. ... The Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw is the burial place of over 20,000 Soviet soldiers who died in the fight against Nazi Germany. ... Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков; May 15 [O.S. May 3] 1891, Kiev – March 10, 1940, Moscow) was a Russian novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century. ... The Master and Margarita (Russian: ) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, woven about the premise of a visit by the Devil to the fervently atheistic Soviet Union. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев) (April 271, 1891 – March 5, 1953) was one of the Soviet Unions greatest composers. ... Allegory of Music on the Opéra Garnier Music is an art form that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ...

The political doctrine behind socialist realism also underlay the pervasive censorship of Communist societies. Apart from obvious political considerations that saw works such as those of George Orwell being banned, access to foreign art and literature was also restricted on aesthetic grounds. Bourgeois art and all forms of experimentalism and formalism were denounced as decadent, degenerate and pessimistic, and therefore anti-Communist in principle. The works of James Joyce were particularly harshly condemned. The net effect was that it was not until the 1980s that the general public in the Communist countries were able to freely access many works of Western art and literature. Many then joined Western observers in denouncing socialist realism as mere propaganda. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903[1][2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was a British author and journalist. ... James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Seamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ... An Australian anti-conscription propaganda poster from World War One Propaganda is a type of message aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people. ...

The Sots Art paintings of Komar and Melamid can be viewed as a remarkable parody of socialist realism This artistic team is made up of Russian artists Vitaly Komar (born 1943) and Alexander Melamid (born 1945). ... Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ...

Gallery

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Lenin

"Lenin" by Alexei Nesterenko Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a... A painting by Alexej Konstantinovich Nesterenko named Lenin. ...	"Lenin" by Stepan Karpov A painting by Stepan Mikhailovich Karpov named Lenin. ...	"Lenin in his Working Room" by Nikolai Pavlyuk Lenin in his Working Room by Nikolai Pavlyuk (1901-1980). ...	"Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" by Vasili Ivanov A painting by Vasili Filippovich Ivanov named Vladimir Ilyich Lenin It is an oil on canvas, of size 90 x 116 cm. ...
"Lenin I" by Vasili Ivanov A painting by Vasili Filippovich Ivanov named Lenin I. It is an oil on cardboard, of about 31 x 24 cm. ...	"Lenin II" by Vasili Ivanov A painting by Vasili Filippovich Ivanov named Lenin II. It is an oil on cardboard, of about 31 x 24 cm. ...	"Lenin in Red Dawn" by Boris Vladimirski Lenin in Red Dawn by Boris Vladimirski (1878-1950). ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a... Vladimirskis painting Roses for Stalin is considered by many to be his cornerstone piece. ...	"Lenin and Gorki" by Ivan Vladimirov A painting by Ivan Alekseevich Vladimirov named Lenin and Gorki. ...
"Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" by Isaac Brodskiy Download high resolution version (399x700, 103 KB)Vladimir Ilyich Lenin by Isaac Brodskiy (? - 1939) It is an oil on cardboard, of size 30 x 50 cm, 1924. ...	"Lenin and Stalin in the Summer of 1917"* by Ivan Vladimirov Lenin and Stalin in the Summer of 1917 by Ivan Vladimirov (1869-1947). ... Summer is a season that is astronomically defined as beginning around June 21, and ending around September 23 in the Northern Hemisphere. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Stalin

"Portrait of Stalin" by Aleksandr Laktionov Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვი&#4314... A painting by Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov named Portrait of Stalin. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov (16th May 1910 _ 15th March 1972) was an acclaimed Socialist realist painter in the post-war Soviet Union. ...	"Anthem of the People's Love" by Oleksi Shovkunenko, Platon Biletsky and Igor Reznik Download high resolution version (1204x657, 123 KB)Anthem of the Peoples Love by by Oleksi Shovkunenko, Platon Biletsky and Igor Reznik. ...	"J. Stalin and S. Kirov visiting the Volkhov Hydrostation" by Karp Trokhimenko A painting by Karp Demyanovich Trokhimenko named Joseph Stalin and S. Kirov visiting the Volkhov Hydrostation. ... Sergei Mironovich Kirov (Серге́й Миро́нович Ки́ров) (March 15 O.S. = March 27 N.S., 1886 - December 1, 1934) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet communist. ... Volkhov River, also called Olhava river (Russian: Во́лхов) is a river in Novgorod and Leningrad Oblasts in Russia. ... Hydraulic turbine and electrical generator. ...	"Stalin as an Organiser of the October Revolution"* by Karp Trokhimenko Image File history File links Stalin as an Organiser of the October Revolution by Karp Trokhimenko (1885-1975). ... Red October redirects here. ...
"Gorky Reading to Stalin" by Viktor Govorov Image File history File links Gorky_Reading_to_Stalin_by_Viktor_Govorov. ... Gorkys autographed portrait Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868–June 14, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. ... This image has an uncertain copyright status and is pending deletion. You can comment on the removal.	"Stalin at a session of politicians at the Kremlin" by Sergei Grigorev A painting by Sergei Alekseevich Grigorev named Stalin at a session of politicians at the Kremlin. ... The Moscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin ( Russian: Московский Кремль) is the best known kremlin ( Russian citadel). ...

Ordinary life

"Miner" by Boris Vladimirski A painting by Boris Eremeevich Vladimirski named Miner. ... Vladimirskis painting Roses for Stalin is considered by many to be his cornerstone piece. ...	"Farmer" by Vladimir Krikhatzkij A painting by Wladimir Gawriilowitsch Krikhatzkij named Farmer. ...	"Female Worker" by Boris Vladimirski A painting by Boris Eremeevich Vladimirski named Female Worker. ... Vladimirskis painting Roses for Stalin is considered by many to be his cornerstone piece. ...	"In a Girls' School" by Ivan Vladimirov Image File history File links Ivan_Alekseevich_Vladimirov_-_In_a_Girls_School. ...
"Lenin's Room in Simbirsk 1878 to 1887" by Vladimir Krikhatzkij Image File history File links Lenins_Room_in_Simbirsk_1878_to_1887. ... Ulyanovsk (Улья́новск, formerlySimbirsk (Симби́рск)) is a city on the Volga River in Russia. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ...	"On the Beach" by Vladimir Krikhatzkij A painting by Wladimir Gawriilowitsch Krikhatzkij named On the Beach. ...	"Naked Woman on the Beach" by Igor Klein A painting by Igor Klein named Naked Woman on the Beach. ...	"First of May" by Alexander Tschemissow A painting by Alexander Tschemissow named the First of May. ...
"Black Ravens" by Boris Vladimirski Black Ravens (IE. NKVD cars, by Boris Vladimirski. ... The NKVD (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del )(Russian: НКВД, Народный комиссариат внутренних дел) or Peoples Commisariat for Internal Affairs was a government department which handled a number of the Soviet Unions affairs of state. ... Vladimirskis painting Roses for Stalin is considered by many to be his cornerstone piece. ...	"In the Stalin Factory" by Mikhail Kostin Image File history File links Stalinfactory. ...

Scenes of Revolution and War

"Return of the Victors"* by Vassili Saicenko Return of the Winners by Vassili Saicenko (1912-1985), painted 1953. ...

"Revolution 1917" by Karp Trokhimenko Revolution 1917 by Karp Trokhimenko (1885-1975). ...

"Meeting of a Village Party Cell" by Efim Cheptsov Meeting of a Village Party Cell by Efim Cheptsov, painted in 1924. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = &#1050...

"Farmers' Revolution 1905" by Alexander Tschemissow Image File history File links Alexander_Tschemissow_-_Farmers_Revolution_1905. ...

Technology

"Virgin Lands" by Fedor Malaev Virgin Lands by Fedor Malaev, painted in 1958. ... Virgin Lands by Fedor Malaev, a romanticised view of the Campaign The Virgin Lands Campaign was an initiative by Nikita Khrushchev to open up vast tracts of unused (virgin) steppe in the northern Kazakh SSR and the Altai region of the Russian SFSR, started in 1954. ...

The First Tractor by Vladimir Krikhatsky A painting by Vladimir Krikhatsky named The First Tractor (Первый трактор). It is an oil on cardboard and is 34,5 x 50 cm. ... Categories: Stub | Paintings | Soviet culture ...

"Building of a Dam at the Moldavia" by Karel Stehlik An image by Karel Stehlik named Building of a Dam at the Moldavia. ...

Propaganda

"Look Outside, the World is Red!" by Vladimir Krikhatzkij A painting by Wladimir Gawriilowitsch Krikhatzkij named Look outside, the world is red!. Is a water-colour on paper, of size 17 x 25 cm. ...

"Life has Become More Cheerful" by Alexander Tschemissow A painting by Alexander Tschemissow named Life has become more cheerful (due to Stalin). ...

Architecture

Main article: Stalinist architecture

Unrealized project of Eighth Sister in Moscow Unrealised design for the Palace of Soviets, Moscow. ... Image File history File links The 8th of Seven Sisters (Moscow), projected but not built in Zaryadye district of Kitai-gorod. ... The apartment building on Kotyelnicheskaya Nabyerezhnaya embankment in Moscow. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   8537. ...

Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, by Akir , File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Palace of Culture and Science The Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki, PKiN) in Warsaw is a controversial gift from the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to the people of Warsaw in Poland, which, at the time (the 1950s), was a satellite state of the USSR... Warsaw (Polish: , , in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland, its largest city, and a gamma world city. ...

All-Soviet Exhibition Centre in Moscow Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 1640 KB) Photo made by my brother, Alex Zelenko. ... Exhibition grounds feature numerous fountains. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   8537. ...

Palace of Soviets, by Boris Iofan Image File history File links Palace-of-soviets. ... Categories: Buildings in Moscow | Soviet Union | Stub ... Iofans Palace of Soviets design Iofans House on Embankmemt, present day Boris Mihailovic Iofan (April 28, 1891–1976) is a Russian Soviet architect, known for his Stalinist architecture buldings like 1931 House on Embankment and the 1931-1933 winning draft of the Palace of Soviets. ...

Sculpture

Kiev's monumental statue of the Mother Motherland. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 73 KB) Motherland (Rodina Mat - Родина Мать) WWII memorial Kiev, Ukraine Photographed by Asmadeus More Kiev Photos File links The following pages link to this file: Kiev Rodina (disambiguation) ... Location Map of Ukraine with Kiev highlighted. ... The Motherland statue in Volgograd (former Stalingrad). ...	Soc-Realist alegories surrounding the Palace of Culture and Science Sculptures surrounding the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, by Akir File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Palace of Culture and Science The Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki, PKiN) in Warsaw is a controversial gift from the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to the people of Warsaw in Poland, which, at the time (the 1950s), was a satellite state of the USSR...	A relief from the Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw showing workers greeting victorious soldiers. Download high resolution version (1005x703, 137 KB)This photograph was by taken by Mozzerati on 2004-08-12. ... The Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw is the burial place of over 20,000 Soviet soldiers who died in the fight against Nazi Germany. ...	A figure of a worker over the main entrance to the skyscraper on Rebellions Square in Moscow ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (566x800, 167 KB) A socialist realism style sculpture decorating an appartment building located on Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow (this building is better known as Дом на Площади Восстания). File links The following pages link to this file: Gallery of Socialist Realism Seven Sisters (Moscow) Soviet... The apartment building on Kotyelnicheskaya Nabyerezhnaya (Котельническая набережная) in Moscow. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   8537. ...
The 85-meter-tall statue of Mother Motherland crowns the Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd Image File history File linksMetadata Mutter_Heimat. ... The Motherland statue in Volgograd (former Stalingrad). ... The 52-meter-tall monument The Motherland Calls! — the tallest statue in the world when erected in 1967 Mamayev Kurgan (Russian: Мамаев Курган) is a dominant height overlooking the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) in southern Russia. ... Volgograd (Russian: ), formerly called Tsaritsyn (Russian: ) (1598–1925) and Stalingrad (Russian: ) (1925–1961) is a city in and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. ...	Worker and Kolkhoz Woman sculpture in Moscow (1935-37) Image File history File links Kolkhoznitsa. ... Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (Russian: ) is a 24 meter (78 feet) high sculpture made from stainless steel by Vera Mukhina in 1937. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   8537. ...

See also

• List of statues of Lenin
• The First Tractor
• Socialist realism in Poland
• Heroic realism, a term which embraces both Socialist realism and Nazi heroic realism, the very similar art style associated with Fascism.
• Seven Sisters (Moscow)
• Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw
• Social realism
• Andrei Zhdanov
• Engineers of the human soul
• Worker and Parasite, for a supposed parody of socialist realism

East Berlin, Germany In the Soviet Union, every city had several monuments of Vladimir Lenin. ... Categories: Stub | Paintings | Soviet culture ... Socialist realism in Poland (or socrealizm) was introduced to Peoples Republic of Poland in force by Deputy Minister (later, Minister of Art and Culture) WÅ‚odzimierz Sokorski in 1949. ... Heroic realism is an artistic style which includes both the Socialist realism style of propaganda art associated with Communist regimes, and Nazi heroic realism, the very similar art style associated with Fascism. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The apartment building on Kotyelnicheskaya Nabyerezhnaya (Котельническая набережная) in Moscow. ... Palace of Culture and Science The Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki, PKiN) in Warsaw is a controversial gift from the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to the people of Warsaw in Poland, which, at the time (the 1950s), was a satellite state of the USSR... Warsaw (Polish: , , in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland, its largest city, and a gamma world city. ... A Diego Rivera mural depicting factory workers in Detroit Social Realism is an artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist arts, which depicts working class activities as heroic. ... Andrei Zhdanov Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov (Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Жда́нов) (February 26 [O.S. February 14] 1896–August 31, 1948) was a Soviet politician. ... Engineers of the human soul (Russian: ) - a concept of culture promoted by Joseph Stalin. ... Worker and Parasite cartoon Worker and Parasite was a fictional cartoon on the animated television show The Simpsons. ...

References and further reading

• Andrei Sinyavsky writing as Abram Tertz, The Trial Begins and On Socialist Realism, University of California Press, 1982, trade paperback, 219 pages, ISBN 0-520-04677-3, Introduction to On Socialist Realism by Czesław Miłosz
• Igor Golomstock, Totalitarian Art in the Soviet Union, the Third Reich, Fascist Italy and the People's Republic of China, Harper Collins, 1990

Andrei Sinyavsky Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky (Russian language: Андрей Донатович Синявский) (1925 - 1997) was a Russian writer, dissident, gulag survivor, emigrant, Professor of Sorbonne University, magazine founder and publisher. ... Czesław Miłosz in September 1999 Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004), Cracow (Poland), December 1998 Czesław Miłosz( ); (June 30, 1911 – August 14, 2004) was a Polish poet and essayist. ...

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• Socialist Realism art gallery