ARLUS - APPROACH TO THE SOVIET PEOPLE. CULTURE IN THE FIRST YEARS OF COMMUNISM IN A LOCALITY IN TRANSILVANIA
ARLUS - APPROACH TO THE SOVIET PEOPLE. CULTURE IN THE FIRST YEARS OF COMMUNISM IN A LOCALITY IN TRANSILVANIA

Summary/Abstract: The cultural revolution was considered a stage of transition towards communist society. According to Soviet theorists of the 1960s, the existence of the cultural revolution is confined to the general laws after which the development of socialism is guided. In 1953, in each region of Romania, besides the Regional Party Committee, there was a section of propaganda and agitation which had a subordinate Sector of literature and art on which the cultural sections of the district People’s Councils depended. The nationalization of 1948 meant the end of publishing houses, printing houses and private libraries. The Romanian Association for the strengthening of Connections with the Soviet Union (ARLUS) was established at the initiative of some leftist intellectuals in the house of Constantin Parhon teacher on October 20, 1944. Officially, the purpose was to get to know each other and promotion of Romanian-Soviet friendship. In fact, RACSU was a tool of Sovietization / Russification of Romania. In Luduș commune and in Gheja village, which belonged to it, two RACSU groups were operating. In addition to RACSU, the following cultural and / or religious associations operated in Luduș in 1948: The Greek-Catholic Women's Association "Saint Mary", the Association of Roman- Catholic Women, the ASTRA Association, the RACSU Association and the Union of Protestant Reformation Women. The cultural events organized in that period in the Luduș commune were influenced by the spirit of the cultural revolution. The locality aspired to the title of town after the process of industrialization and urbanization started by the communists concurrently with the cultural revolution.

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