Introducing workers of Siberia to cultural values during the first five-year plans (1928—1937)
Viktor I. Isaev, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Leading researcher, Head of the sector of the history of social-economic development
Institute of History SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, history49@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-575X
Abstract
The article examines the forms and methods of introducing Siberian workers to culture during the first five-year plans. The methodological basis for considering the processes under study is the concept of modernization, which describes the transformation of society from traditionally agrarian to industrial-urban. During the period under study, the cultural environment of Siberian workers and the forms of their perception of cultural values changed significantly. Culture penetrated daily life of workers in the form of reading newspapers, magazines and books, listening to radio broadcasts, visiting theatres and cinema. It is concluded that during the years of the first five-year plans, stable forms of cultural consumption were formed and established among the workers of Siberia through the perception of printed materials and radio broadcasting, and visiting entertainment institutions. The influence of modernization on the Russian society was revealed in the lifestyle changes of Siberian workers.
Keywords
Modernization, lifestyle, working class, cultural perception, cultural values, illiteracy eradication, reading books and newspapers, visiting theatres and cinema.
Acknowledgments: The article was made in accordance with the topic of the state assignment “Socio-Economic Potential of the Eastern Regions of Russia in the 20th — early 21st Centuries: Management Strategies and Practices, Dynamics, Geopolitical Context” (FWZM-2024-0005)
For citation:
Isaev V. I. Introducing workers of Siberia to cultural values during the first five-year plans (1928—1937). Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2024, no. 4 (52), pp. 144—156. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2024.52.10.
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