The October Revolution is considered to be an important event for both the Russian and world twentieth-century history. The completion of one hundred years from the events of 1917 serves as an occasion for reflection and critical reading of the past, while major questions arise about the present: Why does the Russian Revolution still concerns us? How can this event be approached today, three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall? Focusing on the connection between thedominant ideology and art, this Conference explores the way in which the October Revolution and the socio-political changes that followed affected the cultural production of the Soviet Union as well as that of other countries.