Proletkult, a portmanteau of the Russian words "proletarskaya kultura", was an experimental Soviet artistic institution that arose in conjunction with the Russian Revolution of 1917. This organization
Cover of the Moscow Proletkult journal Tvori! (Create!), no. 2 (1921), by Aleksandr Zugrin
Bolshevik philosopher Alexander Bogdanov, one of the founding fathers of the Proletkult movement
The Arseny Morozov House in Moscow was occupied as the home of Proletkult
Anatoly Lunacharsky, a founding father of the Proletkult organization, was People's Commissar of Education of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1929
Vpered was a subfaction within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Although Vpered emerged from the Bolshevik wing of the party, it was critical of Lenin. The group was gathered by Alexander B
Proletkult
…second-guessing, even within Bolshevik Party ranks. In the aftermath of the Tsar's reassertion of authority a radical political tendency known as the "Left Bolsheviks" emerged, stating their case in opposition to party leader Lenin. This group, which included philosophers Alexander Bogdanov and Anatoly Lunacharsky…
What Is to Be Done? (1902)