About the book: 2008 / The popular science documentary book will allow a wide range of readers of today's Russia to get a clear idea of ​​how and on what foundations the new culture of our recent history was built socialist state and who - in one person - was its evaluator and final judge for almost three decades. The book partially uses archival materials published in the collections of documents “Power and the Artistic Intelligentsia” (M., 1999, compiled by A. N. Artizov and O.V. Naumov), “Big Censorship” (M., 2005, compiled by L.V. Maksimenkov) and in a number of other books and periodicals of the last decade.