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Proper Noun

1. 1
   An experimental Soviet artistic institution that arose in conjunction with the Russian Revolution of 1917, and aspired to radically modify existing artistic forms by creating a new, revolutionary working-class aesthetic drawing inspiration from the construction of modern industrial society in backward, agrarian Russia. historical

Etymology

From Russian Пролетку́льт (Proletkúlʹt).

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