Tag: Russian Revolution

by Retrospect Journal 31/01/2021 0

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From Creativity to Repression: Art and Revolution in Russia, 1905-1935

Written by Jack Bennett. Founded in 1915 by avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich, Suprematism as an art movement concerned itself with “the supremacy of pure artistic feeling.” Although it would eventually fall victim to Stalinism and creative oppression, its legacy remains as a key movement during the Russian Revolution.

by Retrospect Journal 13/12/2020 1

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The Russian Civil War: the White’s War to Lose

Written by Finlay Cormack. Whilst Europe was in the grips of the First World War, civil war was devastating Russia. What appeared in the initial years of fighting to be a likely victory for the anti-Bolshevik White Army, internal struggle and foreign intervention would inevitably lead to their downfall.