Narkompros

Narkompros (??????????) is an abbreviation for the People's Commissariat for Enlightening (???????? ??????????? ???????????), the Soviet agency charged with the administration of public education and most of other issues related to culture. In 1946, it was renamed the Ministry of Enlightening. Its first head was Anatoly Lunacharsky. Sometimes the term "???????????" is translated as "enlightenment," which is inaccurate.

Izo-Narkompros

The Izo-Narkompros (???-??????????), or the section of visual arts (????? ??????????????? ????????, created in May 1918). It consisted of two parts: collegium (deliberative organ) and the section proper (executive organ). The first collegium was headed by V. Tatlin and included K. Malevich, I. Mashkov (?. ??????), N. Udaltsova (?. ?????????), O.Rozanova (?. ????????), Alexander Rodchenko, Wassily Kandinsky. It was subdived into a number of subsections.

Related Topics:
Visual arts - Alexander Rodchenko - Wassily Kandinsky

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Lunacharsky directed some of the great experiments in public arts after Revolution such as the Agit-Trains and Agit-boats, that circulated over all Russia spreading Revolution and revolutionary arts.

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He also gave support to the constructivists theatrical experiments and the initiatives such as the ROSTA Windows, revolutionary posters designed and written by Mayakovsky, Rodchenko, and others.

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