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Socialist Realism

    As we saw in class, the Soviet leader Josef Stalin was an anti-modernist; soon after gaining total power, he began to officially require writers, artists, musicians, and architects to adhere to a style that became known as “socialist realism".

Socialist realism is supposed to be simple, relatable for the proletarian masses, monumental, nationalistic, unambiguous, and “heroizing”. One of its goals was to promote their own images and mythic status (Stalin and Hitler's status).

Alexander Deineka – Female Textile Workers

Yuri Pimenov – District of Tomorrow