Alphabétisation et idéologie en Russie soviétique

Literacy programs and ideology in Soviet Russia, Nicolas Werth. Teaching people to read and write was one of the priorities of the Soviet revolution. Linked as of 1917 with indoctrination and politicisation, the education of the masses was meant to be carefully controlled. After a crash literacy program during the civil war period, done with the army's help, publishing was less rigidly watched over and shows the divergences between readers'tastes and those of the Party's guides. The tightening of the screws in the Stalinist period led to the " classic " book becoming an envied item, highly prized today on the black market.Werth Nicolas. Alphabétisation et idéologie en Russie soviétique. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°10, avril-juin 1986. Dossier : Lectures pour tous. pp. 19-36