POLITICAL

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 950
• Publication Date: May 11, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENT, .INTELLBGiEt AG'ENCV ZPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Political
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBUSHED 11 Mar - 10 Apr 1949
LANGUAGE Russian
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NOVOSIBIRSK CRITICS CENSURED -- Sovetskaya Sibir', No 48, 11 Mar 49
More than 500 writers, artiste, journalists, painters, composers, Party
and soviet workers attended a city-wide conference of art and literary workers
in Novosibirsk. Poat Alekeandr Zharov gave the main report which dealt with
the recent article in Pravda on the group of artipatriotic theater critics.
Author A. Tioptelov gave many 4xwiplea of the influence of such critics
In Novosibirsk, mentioning Al'tman, Gurvich, Dreyden, and Dsyredzhiyev. The
latter began his attack on Siberian writers in an article Puflty of aeethetioism
"Siberian Literatur* in 1941" in which he criticized Gavriii Sungurov'e novel
Putesheetviye v ititay (Journey in China). Dayredzhiyev also wrote erroneous
articles for the almanac, eyyye dni, as a member of the editorial board of
the almanac. In 1948, there appeared an article by Zinoviy Shatrov (Shteymen)
in the pariodioc,l Sibireki;e i_ an S. Sertakov's narrative "Plot Idet na
sever" (The R-ft Goes Northth). The editors failed to sea through Shteyman'e
opinioms and permitted the article to be published. Again, the editors were
guilty of liberalism by permitting the publication of a speech by the poet
Antokol'akiy who defended formalist verses by Lev Kendrrev.
Lieutenant Colonel Vysotekiy pointed out the erroneous criticism recently
appearing in Sibirakiye ogni and in the newsparer Sovetskaya Sibir'. The latter
published an article in My 1945 by N. Larionov which gave a favorable review
of Tristan i Izol'de by A. Brushteyn which vas presented at the Youth Theater
by gins Meyerkhol'd.
V. Levashov, in his speech, declared that the formaliet:o critic
Vay.top not only spread his false conviction in Novosibirsk during the war
years but also headed the local department of the Union of Composers. The
Novosibirsk critic Neklyudov slso has tried to imitate the formalistic music
critics.
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V. Lavrentyev,editor of the rewspn}qtr iovttoka a Sib I-'. admitted his
error in publishing Yu. Sharov'e review of the play is ~r, z.novki (Ihw of Eiber-
nation) and his own review of jj,jej sash naou hchnv.v Our Daily Bread). Lavrent'-
ycv stated that he was completely at fault for felling to understand the social
and political significance of the latter play and is g?a.teful for the criticism
he received both in Pravda and in Novosibirsk. He stated that he now realizes
that all criticism in the press must first of all present a political appraisal
of a work.
S. Kozhevnikov, editor of Sibir9kie aEX:i, admitted that workers on the
periodical have shown lack of vigilance 10 pe'mittt g the publication of
articles by antipatriotic writers.
The painter, S. Belogolovyy, spoke of the injury- dct c t.: Siberian art by
such critics as Lekht.
N. Lerionov, on the staff of .`}ovetakpya Sibir`, admittec? the e^ribus
errors in his article 'Theater Notes published in the newspaper no 24 May 1946.
He pointed out that the statements were false because th_qpraieea w-z--> ern
and slighted Soviet playwrights.
Dremov, chief of the propaganda section of the N ?voeibira'a: Oblast
Committee VKP(b), stated that the antipatriotic group tai bad l 'lush e':'.n
higher educational institutions. The periodical Literatxrnyy., sh?ci? pub-
lishedby the pedagogical institute, prin`ce' - article by Y!.u. Pootnor on
Soviet drama which criticized the work of 11. Pogidio, ...Q u ;,Viet
playwrights. The periodical also published a confused article by A. Kitaynik.
A resolution drawn up an approved at the and of the conference cited the
serious errors in the writings of local theater critics appearing in
Sovetskaya Sibir', the weakness of the literary criticism section of.
Sibirekiye ogn1, and the necessity of attracting new literary and theater
KAZAKS TFEATiB AND DVSIC CRITICS DENOUNCED -- Ka.akhstanekaya Pravda, No 63,
1 Apr 49
The newspaper xa a'rs+ nekavn Pravda has published a lumber of drama
reviews whi^h In one way or another have upheld the mistaken aesthetic and
camooolitcr. attitude of certain theater critics. On 27 January 1946, the
newspaper nubliehed a review by Yep ignat'yev (the pseudonym under which
L. Varshavexiy hides) of the play Za tekh, kto v more (For Those et Sea) by
Lnvreate of the Stalin Prize B. Lavrenev. In the review, Varebavekiy
attempted to criticize the play for Its timely Soviet theme and to slander its
kassian naval heroes. The editors of the newspaper made a serious error in
publishing Varehavekiy's reviews. Ye. Shteyn, art .lirector of the Russian
Theater of. Drama, upheld Varehavekiy's criticism of Lavrenev's play in an
article published in Kazakhetanekaya Pravda an 21 September 1947. Shteyn
also criticized A. Surov's play Deleko of Stelingrada (Far From Sta.irgrad),
in a r.viev which used Yu. Yuzovskiy's critical formula.
The M-.::rkh Peadeny Theater of Drama should have held the center of
attention of the theater critioe, but they never made a fair appraisal of its
activity.
A review, by N. State, appearing in the newspaper on 2i April 1946,
eulogized the production Kara-Kipchak Koblaedy, a formalistic spectacle
which vac, _n urious to the national uramatic thea.tei . V. i?'~,ssman has
appeared fo, a long time in the Kazakh press as a music critic. Mbeeman
belongs t