How did Stalinist authorities treat Akhmatova's work?
Praised
Ignored
Subsidized
Condemned and censored
Answer
Akhmatova's writings faced harsh criticism and censorship from the Stalinist regime. Her focus on individual experience and suffering clashed with the regime's emphasis on collective progress, and her refusal to conform to the prescribed literary style led to her works being labeled "bourgeois" and "anti-Soviet." As a result, many of her writings remained unpublished during her lifetime, and she was subjected to surveillance and intimidation.
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