Murka (1930)

Konstantin Sokol'skii.

Description: Originating in the Odessa underworld during NEP, Murka was popularized in cafes, and its text re-written many times. The cycle of songs featured a cast including Murka, the Jewish gangster Rabinovich, and the unregulated life of NEP. The romances in the songs always ended in death and tragedy.

1924

Antireligious Propaganda Chervontsy Death of Lenin Industrialization Debate Lenin Enrollment Lenin’s Succession Living Church Nepmen Revolutionary Manliness Scissors Crisis KINO: Creating a Socialist Cinema Socialist Legality Union Treaty Workers’ Clubs Young Communists