Соцреалистическая диалектика массовой песни 1930-х годов

Логос. 2026. Т. 36. № 170(1). С. 271–296.

Nikonov A.

The article examines Soviet mass songs of the 1930s as an active space for articulating the socialist realist principles of “narodnost” (people’s character) and “partiinost” (party-mindedness). The focus is not only on the content of song production but also on the complex of practices involved in its creation and dissemination, the analysis of which reveals specific mechanisms of cultural policy in the Stalinist era. Using the tools of critical theory and Louis Althusser’s concepts, the author highlights politically obscured aspects, identifying asymmetries between various agents of Soviet music production — composers, poets, performers, ideological overseers, and mass audiences. These relationships were processed in a specific symbolic way within the Soviet ideological apparatus and reflected in mass music production itself. The study demonstrates that Soviet mass songs of this period functioned not merely as illustrations of socialist realism but as material-discursive artifacts possessing epistemological value for understanding the interaction between music and ideology in Stalinist USSR. Particular attention is paid to analyzing discursive strategies through which mass songs became instruments for shaping collective identity, as well as institutional and censorship practices that ensured the stability of the socialist canon in the musical sphere. The work contributes to the cultural history of the Soviet era, expanding understanding of music’s role in mechanisms of ideological influence.

Keywords: идеология, артикуляция, ideology, contradiction, socialist realism, соцреализм, противоречие, articulation, народность, mass song, narodnost, partiinost, массовая песня, партийность