Proletkult

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Proletkult was a Soviet cultural and artistic movement that sought to create a distinct proletarian culture independent of bourgeois traditions during the early years after the Russian Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet organization
cultural movement
activeInPeriod early Soviet period
post-1917 Russian Revolution
aimedAt industrial workers
urban proletariat
country Soviet Union
criticizedBy Vladimir Lenin NERFINISHED
criticizedFor excessive independence from the Party
declinePeriod early 1920s
dissolutionPeriod late 1920s
field education
literature
music
theatre
visual arts
foundedIn Moscow NERFINISHED
Petrograd NERFINISHED
fullName Proletarian Cultural and Educational Organizations NERFINISHED
goal creation of a distinct proletarian culture
independence from bourgeois cultural traditions
hasAbbreviation Proletkult NERFINISHED
hasKeyPerson Alexander Bogdanov NERFINISHED
Anatoly Lunacharsky NERFINISHED
Fedor Kalinin NERFINISHED
ideology Marxism
proletarian culture
inception 1917
influenced Soviet avant-garde NERFINISHED
Soviet proletarian literature
Soviet workers’ clubs NERFINISHED
influencedBy Bolshevik ideology
Marxist theory of class
Russian Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED
language Russian
movementType avant-garde
left-wing cultural movement
opposedTo bourgeois culture
traditional academic art
parentOrganization Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) NERFINISHED
region Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
subordinatedTo People’s Commissariat for Education NERFINISHED
supportedConcept anti-elitism in art
collective creativity
cultural autonomy of the working class
usedMedium mass festivals
proletarian studios
workers’ clubs
workers’ theatres

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Russian avant-garde hasPart Proletkult