Investigates how cultural and ideological myths such as those of the great leader, utopian future, new man, hero, "enemies of the people", and some others were produced in Soviet Russia from the 1920's to the 1950's; what general mechanisms of cultural production in the age of modernity do they reveal. Taught in English. Recommended prereqs., RUSS 4821, 2221, 2211. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.