Soviet Union of Writers

The Writers' Union of the USSR (Russian Союз писателей СССР / Soyuz pissatelei SSSR ), was a federation of professional writers of the Soviet Union, which was founded in 1932 on the initiative of the Central Committee of the CPSU.

The association was founded by a decree of the Central Committee of 23 April 1932, the restructuring of the literary and artistic organizations. The aim of the new organization was under the totalitarian intentions of Stalinism to establish the party and state control in the field of literature. An essential role is played after 1945 Stalin leading cultural official Andrei Zhdanov. For professional writer membership of the association was de facto mandatory exclusion from the association came to a publication ban same. At the same time the members of the Association as well as those of other Soviet artists' associations enjoyed certain privileges: it was for her own recreation centers, club restaurants, etc.

With great pomp the First Congress of Soviet Writers' Union in Moscow was held from August 17 to September 1, 1934. 591 delegates and 40 foreign visiting delegates ( including André Malraux and Louis Aragon ) met under the presidency of 1934-1936 active association chairman Maxim Gorky.

The type of organization of the Soviet Writers' Union of Artists or after 1945 was also exported to the lying in the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union States. With the end of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Writers' Union was divided into national associations of the successor states of the Soviet Union.

Chairman of the Writers' Union

• Literature (Soviet Union)
• Writers' Union
• Stalinism