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3 days ago · Shortly after the Bolsheviks took control, Anatoly Lunacharsky was appointed as head of Narkompros, the People's Commissariat for Enlightenment. [10] This put Lunacharsky in the position of deciding the direction of art in the newly created Soviet state.
1 day ago · The following manifesto, written by Lenin and introduced by Anatoly Lunacharsky at the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets in October 1917, announces the takeover of power by the Soviets, endorses the revolutionary overthrow of the Provisional Government in Petrograd; and calls on transfer of land to the peasants, bread to the cities and ...
Sep 20, 2024 · Despite his burgeoning talent, Piatigorsky faced obstacles from Soviet authorities, particularly Anatoly Lunacharsky, who prohibited him from traveling abroad for further studies. Undeterred, he smuggling himself and his cello into Poland on a cattle train alongside a group of artists.
Sep 19, 2024 · In the Chicago catalog Anatoly Lunacharsky, a Bolshevik official who exerted extraordinary influence over developments in the arts in the early years of the Soviet Union, is quoted as declaring that “the masses…are their own spectacle” and “the whole people demonstrate their own spirit for themselves.”
2 days ago · Bolshevik figures such as Anatoly Lunacharsky, Moisei Uritsky, and Dmitry Manuilsky agreed that Lenin's influence on the Bolshevik party was decisive but the October insurrection was carried out according to Trotsky's, not to Lenin's plan. [10]
Sep 25, 2024 · Likewise, in a discussion with fellow revolutionary Anatoly Lunacharsky, Lenin assured him that in the event the Mensheviks came out with a majority mandate in the 1906 Unity Congress, they would not submit to the discipline they would demand of the Mensheviks if the tables were turned.
4 days ago · The first issues were edited by the People's Commissar of Education Anatoly Lunacharsky. At first, the magazine published articles about Lenin’s legacy, stories about workers and peasants. Poems by Yesenin, Bryusov and Mayakovsky were also published here.
