LOOKING AT RUSSIA
R. NORRIS COLLINS has taken immense pains to present us with the Russia he saw when he went there in © sei as part of a trades union delegation at the invitation of the U.S.S.R. The result is an interesting, well-documented study of the contemporary scene in Russia, coloured, of course, by Mr. Collins’s own apparent convictions but as fairly presented as one could wish for. These YA talks I Went to Russia are not, however, likely to cause any yearning for migration, because even at its most attractive, the Russian pattern of life is alien to us, and the standard of living not particularly high. I especially found the phrase "Palaces of Culture" inimical to my own definition of culture: a thing ultimately not for "museums," art galleries, libraries or "palaces," but a quality of feeling. and discrimination nourished in the home and fostered by wise teachers. But in Russia, the question arises: Will not the créche system which removes the mother from her children end by coarsening the spirit? And where women do really enter into so many industries it is not surprising that they no longer care a great deal about their appearance. Venus and the Amazon are not easily fused in the one person.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 784, 30 July 1954, Page 10
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210LOOKING AT RUSSIA New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 784, 30 July 1954, Page 10
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