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A style of art prevalent in the [[Soviet Union]] and Eastern Bloc roughly between [[World War II]] and the death of [[Joseph Stalin]]. It was the only official and acceptable style of poetry, architecture and essentially any other art (with the [[Culture Police]] ready to send you to the gulag if you disagreed).
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* ''Proletarian.'' Protagonist should be working class (this included farmers and soldiers, but usually we're talking about a factory drama).
* ''Typical.'' Situations that could happen (for instance in factory).
* ''Partisan.'' Advocating for Communism. The hero should either be oppressed by capitalists, agitating to crush capitalism, or owe much to the Communist Revolution - ideally all three. Depicting something merely because it exists is merely ''naturalism''
** Technically, the first two were called "critical realism" because they depicted life under capitalism. Actual socialist realism took place in a [[Utopia
* ''Realistic.'' In terms of representation - none of the abstract modern art hated by your grandpa (and, for that matter, [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|dismissed]] and [[Le Film Artistique|made fun of]] on
In fine arts:
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If you want to create something different... you can't. No, really. The Party gives you money. The Party is responsible for promotion of your works. The Party knows where you live. If you create something in different style, you're a class traitor. They will not actually imprison you or charge you in court unless you actively tackle the Soviet system or ideology in your works, but they will never publish your work, and you will possibly get a social stigma.
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Here is a Russian joke story about [[Socialist Realism]] and Soviet censorship.
A young writer brings his first story to a publishing agency. The editor reads the first phrase: "The count was rattling cuffs on a parquet". "What? - he says. - A story about some anti-Soviet count? Where is the working class? Remake it!".
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And finally the writer brings the finished story. Its first line reads: "The count was rattling cuffs on a parquet, and down the street Vakula the blacksmith was forging some whatchamacallit and singing L'Internationale. 'Screw it!' said Vakula. 'I'll finish it tomorrow!'".
Not to be confused with [[Social Realism]], which is a related style but distinct genre. Many social realist artists were also socialists (though not necessarily Marxists), but the style is not necessarily political.
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* ''Plattenbau'' architecture
* The [[The Alleged Car|Wartburg 353]]
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[[Category:Useful Notes/Russia]]
[[Category:Socialist Realism]]
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