Stalinist Cultural Politics and the Russian National Bard
by
Jonathan Brooks Platt
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2016
In 1937, the Soviet Union mounted a national celebration commemorating the centenary of poet Alexander Pushkin’s death. Though already a beloved national literary figure, the scale and feverish pitch of the Pushkin festival was unprecedented. Greetings, Pushkin! presents the first in-depth study...