Sixtiers
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The Sixtiers () were а new generation of young intellectuals who reawakened literature and a sense of Ukrainian nationalism within the Soviet intelligentsia. The Sixtiers entered the cultural and political life in Ukraine during the Soviet era of late 1950s and 1960s and expressed elements of humanism, embracing Western literature, while stressing universal socialism by returning to values of Leninism.
Key facts
- Art movement.name
- Sixtiers
- Art movement.image
- Shistdesyatnyky - Ivan Svitlichny Stamps of Ukraine 2019.jpg
- Art movement.caption
- 2019 stamp of Ukraine featuring Sixtier Ivan Svitlychnyi
- Art movement.yearsactive
- 1959–1965
- Art movement.location
- Ukraine
- Art movement.majorfigures
- Ivan Drach, Ivan Dziuba, Alla Horska, Lina Kostenko, Borys Oliynyk, Dmytro Pavlychko, Vasyl Stus, Yevhen Sverstiuk, Vasyl Symonenko, Les Tanyuk
- Art movement.influences
- Anti-Stalinist left, Khrushchev Thaw, Ukrainian nationalism, underground culture (Ukrainian underground)
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The Sixtiers () were а new generation of young intellectuals who reawakened literature and a sense of Ukrainian nationalism within the Soviet intelligentsia. The Sixtiers entered the cultural and political life in Ukraine during the Soviet era of late 1950s and 1960s and expressed elements of humanism, embracing Western literature, while stressing universal socialism by returning to values of Leninism.
The Sixtiers arose after the Khrushchev Thaw. Born in Ukraine between 1925 and 1945, their worldviews were formed by a series of tragedies and persecutions from their childhood including the Holodomor, Stalin's Purges and World War II. This was followed by political and historical events while many were attending University.