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Proletkult

Proletkult proper noun: an experimental Soviet artistic institution that arose in conjunction with the Russian Revolution of 1917, and aspired to radically modify existing artistic forms by creating a new, revolutionary working-class aesthetic drawing inspiration from the construction of modern industrial society in backward, agrarian Russia.

Proper noun

Proletkult

  1. (historical) An experimental Soviet artistic institution that arose in conjunction with the Russian Revolution of 1917, and aspired to radically modify existing artistic forms by creating a new, revolutionary working-class aesthetic drawing inspiration from the construction of modern industrial society in backward, agrarian Russia.

Origin of Proletkult

From Russian Пролетку́льт (Proletkúlʹt).

Questions about Proletkult

What does Proletkult mean?
Proletkult means an experimental Soviet artistic institution that arose in conjunction with the Russian Revolution of 1917, and aspired to radically modify existing artistic forms by creating a new, revolutionary working-class aesthetic drawing inspiration from the construction of modern industrial society in backward, agrarian Russia.
What part of speech is Proletkult?
Proletkult is a proper noun.

Words near Proletkult in the dictionary

  1. proletarized
  2. proletarizes
  3. proletarizing
  4. proletary
  5. Proletcult
  6. Proletkult
  7. prolibrigenal
  8. prolicide
  9. prolicides
  10. prolidase
  11. prolidases

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