The 'Soviet Man': forces trying to create the new man in Magnitogorsk
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- Created on: 06-05-18 15:23
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Housing
- In Magnitogorsk, in every barracks there was a 'Red corner' with the newspaper, shock-worker banners and pictures of Lenin and Stalin; it was intended to be a cultural training ground in which the dwellers could read, listen to lectures, watch films and discuss politics
Education
- Virtually everyone in Magnitogorsk attended some form of schooling, which reinforced the socialisation and politicisation experienced at work
- The school curriculum combined basic education with technical subjects and the 'spirit of socialism' and compulsory courses in Marxism-Leninism began at an early age
Public holidays
- Took…
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