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Jun 17 • 4 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
In today’s Russia, literature is the same state control tool as it was during the USSR and 🇷🇺 Empire. In 2015, Putin acknowledged the instrumental role of literature, declaring it the year of literature in Russia. He emphasized its importance in “uniting a nation around spiritual… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Modern Russia's exploitation of literature differs from past authoritarian regimes due to rapid changes in the digital world. In the monopolized information space, state-controlled media plays a crucial role in disseminating "right" narratives, shaping historical memory, and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Russia weaponizes literature to further its ideology and suppress dissent both domestically and abroad. In the occupied parts of Ukraine, Russia removes Ukrainian books from libraries.
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Jun 16
The Soviet Union under Stalin's leadership embraced censorship as a norm, resembling Nazi Germany in its approach to art and literature. The Bolsheviks saw art as a tool for promoting Marxist-Leninist ideology or the cult of Stalin’s personality. Image
Stalin & his favorite writer Maxim Gorky believed literature should portray a positive image of Soviet life. This gave rise to "socialist realism," an art style that served the USSR & the Communist Party's aims. Any art depicting a negative or actual image of the regime was… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImage
To enforce socialist realism, similar to the German Chamber of Culture the Union of Soviet Writers was established. Membership became mandatory for professional writers, limiting career prospects. For example, Demyan Bedny, a radical poet who didn’t manage to adapt to the norm,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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Jun 15
History shows that literature in an authoritarian regime becomes its propaganda tool. In 1933, Hitler called for the "political and moral purification of public life" in Germany, using education, cinema, literature, and the media to preserve "German values." Image
The Nazis quickly turned the "purification" campaign into state policy. The Reichskammer für Kultur, headed by Hitler's chief propagandist Goebbels, united creative artists under Nazi leadership. Membership in it became mandatory for artists, and non-compliance led to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
The Third Reich exercised control over artistic expression, banning works that deviated from the regime's ideology. Art after World War I was considered corrupt and degenerate. Literature was subjected to massive censorship, with authors such as Remarque and Sigmund Freud banned… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImage
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Jun 14
More than a week passed after the Kakhovka HPP explosion but it feels like a month. A single week cannot hold so much bad news. The short chronology of the destruction by @hwag_ucmc Image
Experts consulted by the 🇷🇺BBC stated that shelling alone cannot destroy the dam. Despite shelling the Antonov Bridge with HIMARS, it remained intact as 🇺🇦 military deliberately damaged only the road surface. Later that bridge was blown up by the Russian withdrawing troops. Image
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Jun 14
In the Russian Empire, writers had enormous influence as key agents of the dominant ideology. Poets and prose writers, often sharing imperialist beliefs, echoed views that justified the actions of the tsarist regime and promoted official narratives. Image
An example is the November Uprising, a Polish uprising suppressed by the tsarist regime. Pushkin, a key 🇷🇺 poet of Romanticism, supported the oppression of Poles by Nicholas I. Considering the West an enemy because of its support for Poland, Pushkin even threatened European… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
🇷🇺 writers of the time were often politically silent or adhered to official national doctrine. Obviously, the latter were the most highly regarded. Fyodor Tyutchev, a famous poet among the 🇷🇺, glorified the 🇷🇺 empire as a bulwark of Europe against the "Spring of Nations". Image
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Jun 12
Russian propagandists distort history by emphasizing the USSR's role in defeating Nazi Germany while downplaying the contribution of the nations. Including Ukrainians, over 10 ml of which died in WW2. Image
Russia devaluate and discredit Ukrainians who fought against the Nazis. By silencing their sacrifices and contributions, or even proclaiming them as collaborators, Russian propagandists aim to diminish the importance of Ukrainian involvement in the victory over Nazism. UA War InfographicsImage
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