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State Controlled Media & Sovietisation of Culture

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Articles
Authors
Gaurav Gadgil
Publisher
Research Directions
Publishing Date
01-May-2018
volume
5
Issue
11
Pages
1-7

The article attempts to understand how the Soviet State under Stalin attempted to create a unified ‘Soviet Culture’, which was nothing but an official culture, in order to provide legitimacy to his dictatorship. The paper also delves into the manipulation of mass media not only for securing political power, after an initial struggle with Trotsky, but also for maintain it.

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