Creative unions () in the Soviet Union were
voluntary societies that united
Soviet citizens according to their
creative
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(
artistic)
occupations. They were similar to
Soviet trade unions; more specifically, in Soviet
ideology
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and
law they were a subset of trade unions, because creative professionals were officially a type of worker. Unofficially, many of their members differentiated themselves culturally from
blue-collar worker
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s.
[.]
The earliest of them were established in 1932 after disbanding the previous unions, such as
RAPP,
RAPM, and
AKhRR.
Like nearly everything in the Soviet Union, they operated under the strict ideological supervision of the
Communist Party, and what is more, the creative unions were means of an effective control over the artistic production of their members: the members of these unions had priority in publishing of their works. Usually people expelled from a union could not make any significant money from their creative work. On the other hand, being a member was
associated with various perks.
List of unions
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USSR Union of Architects
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(1932)
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USSR Union of Artists (1957; republican,
oblast and
city
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Unions of Soviet Artists existed since 1932)
*
USSR Union of Cinematographers (1965)
*
USSR Union of Composers (1932, as the
Union of Soviet Composers)
*
USSR Union of Designers
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(1987)
*
USSR Union of Journalists (1959)
*
USSR Union of Music Workers (1986, as
All-Union Musical Society)
*
USSR Union of Theatre Workers (1986)
*
USSR Union of Writers (1932, as the
Union of Soviet Writers)
See also
*
Socialist realism
*
Engineers of the human soul
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References
Bibliography
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Soviet culture
Civic and political organizations based in the Soviet Union
Trade unions in the Soviet Union
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