This book shows that the rise of the intelligentsia occurred earlier than is normally thought, and that by 1922, rather than 1932, the underlying principles of the new Soviet government's policies towards culture had already emerged, "proto-Stalinism" being increasingly important. Various sources have been used, including Proletkul't, Moscow University and the rabfaky and the works of various individuals such as Bagdanov, Lunacharsky, Andreev, Berdiaev and Chagall. Christopher Read has written "Religion, Revolution and the Russian Intelligentsia" and has produced a video "The Decline of Tsarism".
- ISBN10 0312036817
- ISBN13 9780312036812
- Publish Date 1 September 1990 (first published 27 July 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 266
- Language English