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Censure en Union soviétique
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Propaganda in the Soviet Union
Propaganda in the Soviet Union was the practice of state-directed communication aimed at promoting class conflict, internationalism, the goals of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the party itself. The main Soviet censorship body, Glavlit, was employed not only to eliminate any undesirable printed materials but also "to ensure that the correct ideological spin was put on every published item." Under Stalinism, deviation from the dictates of official propaganda was punished by execution and labor camps.
Human rights in the Soviet Union
Human rights in the Soviet Union were severely limited. The Soviet Union was a totalitarian state from 1927 until 1953 and a one-party state until 1990. Freedom of speech was suppressed and dissent was punished. Independent political activities were not tolerated, whether they involved participation in free labor unions, private corporations, independent churches or opposition political parties. The citizens' freedom of movement was limited both inside and outside the country. The state restricted citizens' rights to own private property.
On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences
"On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences" («О культе личности и его последствиях», «O kul'te lichnosti i yego posledstviyakh»), popularly known as Khrushchev's Secret Speech (секретный доклад Хрущёва, ), was a report by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, made to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on 25 February 1956.
Réalisme socialiste
Le réalisme socialiste (abrégé соцреализм en russe et socreal dans les pays satellites) est une doctrine littéraire et artistique du inspirée du réalisme et dans laquelle l’œuvre doit refléter et promouvoir les principes du communisme de type soviétique.
Collectivisation en Union soviétique
La collectivisation est une politique agricole menée par le gouvernement de Joseph Staline en Union soviétique entre 1929 et 1939. L'objectif de cette politique était de consolider la structure agraire dans des fermes collectives : les kolkhozes et les sovkhozes. La collectivisation était considérée par les dirigeants soviétiques comme la solution à la crise de la distribution agricole et céréalière qui s'était développée depuis 1927, ce problème étant devenu de plus en plus aigu à mesure que l'Union soviétique s'industrialisait et s'urbanisait.