THE HERITAGE OF THE TOTALITARIAN CONTROL: THE PROBLEM OF THE KGB HERITAGE IN THE CULTURAL SECTOR OF THE MODERN-DAY LATVIA
THE HERITAGE OF THE TOTALITARIAN CONTROL: THE PROBLEM OF THE KGB HERITAGE IN THE CULTURAL SECTOR OF THE MODERN-DAY LATVIA
Author(s): Liena Galeja, Ojārs StepensSubject(s): Political history, Security and defense, Evaluation research, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Latvijas Universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts
Keywords: Toraliratian control; KGB; Cultural sector; Latvia;
Summary/Abstract: Alongside with other areas in the Baltic States, the Soviet occupation regime directed its totalitarian control towards the cultural sector. This area was of particular importance for the Soviet authorities due to its immense potential for ideological control to be exerted on the population as well as for propaganda purposes. Hence, the cultural sector became one of the main targets of the KGB. Consequently, infiltrating the KGB informants and agents into cultural institutions turned to be one of the most effective instruments for the totalitarian control.
Journal: Religiski-filozofiski raksti
- Issue Year: XXV/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 294-304
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English