Culture and power. Notes of the Minister of Culture of the USSR: Vasily Zakharov

Vasily Georgievich Zakharov – professor, doctor of economic sciences, during the years of perestroika and publicity he served as Minister of Culture of the USSR (1986-1989). The book of his biographical essays tells how the mhat troupe split, how the letters of A.S. were returned to the homeland Pushkin, paintings of prominent Russian artists N. Goncharova and M. Larionov, the heritage of the Rorichi family, and much more. The author shares memories of joint work with G.V. Romanov, B.N. Yeltsin, N.I. Ryzhkov, M.S. Gorbachev, as well as about his communication with such outstanding cultural figures as E.A. Mravinsky, S.N. Roerich, A.I. Raikin, S.Ya. Lemeshev, T.S. Ulanova, G.A. Tovstonogov, K.Yu. Lavrov, F.A. Abramov, Yu.V. Nikulin, M.A. Anikushin, B.B. Piotrovsky … Talking about the events and people entering the culture of the twentieth century, the author reflects on the interaction of power and culture, about the fate and social role of a person endowed with power powers.

Author
Zakharov Vasily Georgievich
Editor
Filippov Yu. Yu.
Publisher
Fiction, 2014