The system of soviet Culture regulation in Lithuania during the second Half of the 20 th Century Cover Image

Sovietinė kultūros reglamentavimo sistema lietuvoje xx a.II pusėje
The system of soviet Culture regulation in Lithuania during the second Half of the 20 th Century

Author(s): Kastytis Antanaitis
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Socialistinė respublika; Communist Party

Summary/Abstract: The totalitarian system of the USSR kept close control of arts and cultures in general, but there were almost no limitations or regulations for art creators in the laws of the USSR and the LSSR. The constitutions and legal codes paid almost no attention to culture and art regulation. With few exceptions almost no cultural activity was forbidden or suppressed. Even more, very little was done by Soviet state institutions in defining the state’s cultural policy strategy. What is protected and what is suppressed in the field of culture administration was described only in some basic Communist Party documents (programs, statutes, or declarations), but even party ideologues were more concerned with economical issues or foreign affairs than with the development of Soviet culture.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 58
  • Page Range: 9-27
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Lithuanian