“…Kholtsman (1886–1941) was alleged to have used the so-called ‘aristocratic therapy’ of artificial pneumothorax to kill prominent Bolsheviks. Drawing on documents from Stalin’s personal Secretariat, this historical study of the pneumothorax scandal contributes to the cultural history of tuberculosis, showing how it was instrumentalised for political purposes.…”
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“…Cinema had long been hailed by Bolshevik party leaders as a crucial ally of the Soviet mass enlightenment project. …”
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“…Using archival materials of the Moscow Theatre for Sanitary Culture (1925–1947), the article shows theatrical techniques for producing evidence used in performances, bacteriological coding of political antagonisms on sanitary stages and transformations of everyday cultural practices in theatrical hygiene propaganda.…”
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