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Socialist realism, also known as socrealism (from Russian соцреализм, sotsrealizm), was the official cultural doctrine of the Soviet Union that mandated

Academy of Architecture). Stalinist architecture is associated with the Socialist realism school of art and architecture. As part of the Soviet policy of

Socialist realism in Poland (Polish: socrealizm, a portmanteau of the Polish words for socialism and realism) was a socio-political and aesthetic doctrine

Heroic realism is art used as political propaganda. Examples include the socialist realism style associated with socialist states, and sometimes the similar

mid-1960s to the late 1980s representing a modern socialist vision and a break from Socialist Realism. After the Second World War, Czechoslovakia became

Sink School". Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Retrieved 20 January 2012. On Socialist Realism" by Andrei Sinyavsky writing as

the age of 17 and he was active in fighting against German troops in World War II. He was appointed lieutenant colonel at the age of 23 and continued serving

and working classes and hold the existing governmental and social systems accountable. Social realism should not be confused with socialist realism,

the Communist Party of Austria Pietro Nenni – Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party Harry Pollitt – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great

1960s to the commodity art of the 1980s and 1990s. When used in this way, it is a play on the term "socialist realism". Alternatively, it has been used to