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What many people don't realise is that the Soviets also made significant investments in "high" culture in western Europe. I distinctly remember a very important
by markvdb 8y ago
What many people don't realise is that the Soviets also made significant investments in "high" culture in western Europe. I distinctly remember a very important independent film distributor in Belgium got at least partly financed initially by the USSR. They did modestly well and were able to survive the collapse of the USSR until well past the year 2000.
Edit: The distributor was called Progrès films, founded in 1950 by the communist party of Belgium. It worked until 2002, after which other independent cinema projects like cinéart and cinélibre took over.
- myth_drannon 8y agoWell, the belief was that the capitalist regimes were keeping down and exploiting the proletariat by keeping them uneducated. Once given an opportunity for education and exposed to science and culture they will raise up against their masters.