Сталин и писатели. Диалоги

In this video, historian Yuri Nikolevich Zhukov discusses the relationship between Soviet leadership and writers during the revolution and the 1920s, focusing on Stalin’s interactions with authors such as Bulgakov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and others. He examines questions such as whether Stalin read literature more than other leaders, the languages he spoke, his youth poems, the role of cultural figures after the revolution, and how Stalin’s policies affected writers. The video includes timestamps for each topic: 1:16 – Stalin’s reading habits; 2:52 – languages known; 6:33 – youth poems; 9:06 – cultural figures; 11:16 – leaders’ ties to writers; 15:48 – Stalin and Bulgakov; 19:13 – Puskin’s anniversary; 20:47 – Mainrepertkom; 23:54 – Zamyatin’s "We"; 29:19 – Stalin’s interference; 31:31 – Stalin and Tolstoy; 32:49 – Stalin and Zoshchenko; etc.