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* The Soviet official artistic style is called Socialist Realism. It was approved by Joseph Stalin, the Soviet paramount leader, and it remained the official style until 1988.
* It is suposed to represent the values and ideals of communism, which are glorified. It often depicts workers, the communist vanguard class, and their active participation to build socialism and communism; it also depicts Communist leaders as wise, determined and instructing the masses. Major themes in the Soviet Union were also the Patriotic War and the Soviet victory over Germany.
* The immediate cause of the Great Depression was the crash of the US stock market on Black Thursday, October 24, 1929. In the next 4 days, stock prices fell 23%. Stocks were overvalued, despite rising unemployment and falling production.
* The Great Depression lasted 10 years, so the US got out of the recession in 1939.
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