Cities of the Urals in the 1930s: the poetic images of Louis Aragon
The article explores the poetic images of the cities of the Urals in the 1930s. In the cycle of poems by Louis Aragon «Ur, Ural!» (1932). They were revealed with the help of antitheses: «past/future", «their/others», «good/evil». The border between them is October 1917. The cycle of poems is built on the clash of two worlds: the overthrown royal Urals and a bright future. “Own» are workers, peasants, soldiers. They associated with white (symbol of purity) and red color (justice). «Strangers» are enemies of the Soviets: capitalists, officials, factory directors, generals, priests, gendarmes, whiteguards. In their image, the author did not spare the dark colors and associations with evil spirits. Appeal to the eternal myth of the struggle of dark and light forces, among other things, broadcast the idea of the victory of good (socialism) over evil (capitalism). Urals cities were a projection of key trends in the development of the USSR during the first five-year plans: nationalization, industrialization, collectivization, urbanization, modernization, transformation of nature, atheism, «cultural revolution».