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Russian Culture Center for Democratic Culture 2012 Labor Culture: Labor Morality under Socialism V ladimir Magun Follow this and additional works at : /russian_culture Part of the A sian History Commons, Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons, European History Commons, Labor Economics Commons, Labor Relations Commons, Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Commons, Political Economy Commons, Political History Commons, Slavic Languages and Societies Commons, and the Work, Economy and Organizations Commons Repository Citation Magun, V. (2012). Labor Culture: Labor Morality under Socialism. 1-22. Available at : /russian_culture/12 This Article is brought to you for free and open access y the Center for Democratic Culture at Digital Scholarship@UNLV. It has been accepted for inclusion in Russian Culture y an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship@UNLV. For more information, please contact digitalscholarship@. Labor Culture: Labor Morality under Socialism Vladimir Magun Soviet leaders had always taken a keen interest in workers behavior and labor motives and sought to keep labor morality under strict state control. A complex network of values and regulations was developed for this purpose after the October Revolution of 1917. They were best articulated in the political economy of socialism which purported to present a scientific picture of the countrys economic life. Textbooks on socialist economy were widely circulated in the Soviet Union and appropriate courses included into a core curriculum for all higher education institutions in the country. Basic tenets of socialist political economy were taught in introductory social science classes in high schools. Leading educators helped popularize the subject, while major research centers in the nation continued to perfect the science of socialist economics. A prominent place in socialist political econo