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The Soviet Creative - Russian Life

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In the Soviet period, artists were treated with esteem and lived comfortably, but their privileged position also required sacrifice.

Orient yourself as an artist, and you will come to a point where you must determine your intent. Philosophies vary. You might work from within, giving voice to your inner world to influence the external; but you might also take the place of a cog in the wheel, a mechanism upholding an ideology that will structure your community. Would you rise to the challenge when you disagreed with external influence, or would you support this higher ideal? Throughout the seven decades in which the Soviet Union attempted its social experiment, the artist was recognized as a figure integral to the USSR's…

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