Open Access“When a Distant Friend is Singing...”: Yves Montand’s Songs in the Soviet Union of the mid1950s
Author(s) -
Anna K. Krasnikova
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
observatoriâ kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-0047
pISSN - 2072-3156
DOI - 10.25281/2072-3156-2014-0-2-86-97
Subject(s) - soviet union , popularity , singing , politics , political science , circulation (fluid dynamics) , economic history , history , law , management , economics , engineering , aerospace engineering
Deals with the spread and circulation of Yves Montand’s songs in the USSR. The author explores the response of the audience to his work and the reasons for this French singer’s popularity with the Soviet public. The article considers Montand’s Soviet Union touring from December 1956 till January 1957 and gives particular attention to political aspects of Montand’s arrival in the Soviet Union that were linked to suppression of the Hungarian Uprising by Soviet troops in autumn of 1956.