Education and Art in Soviet Russia/Part 3

III. Art Education

In each of the capitals there is an Art Collegium to look after the art interests of the population. Document No. 16 gives the names of the members of the Moscow Art Collegium, also the various functions of that body, which show that the Soviets are much concerned with the teaching of art and the preservation of art objects. Documents Nos. 17 and 18, in accordance with the Strindbergian doctrine that "there is so much that only needs to be destroyed," deals with two necessary abolitions of former institutions, before their functions could be handed over to the representatives of the proletariat.