ABSTRACT
The borders between some ideologies are rather vague and some of them strongly interact and overlap with each other. This is the case with the neo-Leninist and democratic ideologies, the Russophile and religious ideologies, and the neo-Leninist and neo-Stalinist ideologies. Soviet ideologies differ from each other in various ways. First of all, some of them - Brezhnevian and Russophile - are conservative, whereas others - neo-Stalinist, neo-Leninist and democratic - are dynamic. Russophiles point to the moral decadence and the obliteration of Russian tradition and religion; neo-Leninists blame bureaucratization, and democrats point to the lack of democracy. Russophiles look toward a resurgence of Russian traditions with their emphasis on Christianity; neo-Stalinists seek a restoration of order; neo-Leninists favor the active participation of the masses in economic and political activity; and democrats hope for increased freedoms. Soviet films made in the late 1970s and 1980s can be used as a source of information about three ideologies: Russophile, neo-Leninist and neo-Stalinist.
