Zhdanovshchina

Zhdanovshchina was a political campaign in the Soviet Union during the early 1940s, named after Communist Party leader Andrei Zhdanov. It involved strict censorship and ideological conformity, primarily targeting artists, writers, and intellectuals. The campaign aimed to promote a specific Soviet cultural identity aligned with state policies, often suppressing works deemed ideologically incorrect or bourgeois. Artists were pressured to produce propaganda that supported Soviet ideals, leading to a climate of conformity and repression in the arts and intellectual circles. Essentially, it was a movement to control cultural expression and ensure it aligned with official communist doctrine.