The mass song was a leading genre in Soviet music, especially during the 1930s and the war.

A young man concluded, "Let them give us Soviet music, we shall like it even better."

Kino's impact on Soviet music and society was huge.

The festival on the whole was a showcase for unfamiliar Soviet music and dance, some of it less than totally "official" art.

Soviet music should have been music the common workingman could understand and take pride in.

As a result, Soviet music witnessed a relaxation of restrictions on expression.

As a scholar, he has published mostly in the field of Russian and Soviet music.

Socialist realism in Soviet music was considered to be "progressive music".

Then why do we tolerate all that Soviet music?

Stalin died in 1953, but the shadow he cast over Soviet classical music took nearly 30 years to dissipate.