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Creative unions (Russian:творческие союзы)in the Soviet Union werevoluntary societies that unitedSoviet citizens according to theircreative (artistic)occupations. They were similar toSoviet trade unions; more specifically, in Sovietideology andlaw they were a subset of trade unions, because creative professionals were officially a type of worker. Unofficially, many of their members differentiated themselves culturally fromblue-collar workers.^[1]

The earliest of them were established in 1932 after disbanding the previous unions, such asRAPP,RAPM, andAKhRR.

Like nearly everything in the Soviet Union, they operated under the strict ideological supervision of theCommunist Party, and what is more, the creative unions were means of an effective control over the artistic production of their members^{[citation needed]}: the members of these unions had priority in publishing of their works. Usually people expelled from a union could not make any significant money from their creative work. On the other hand, being a member wasassociated with various perks.

• USSR Union of Architects (1932)
• USSR Union of Artists (1957; republican,oblast andcityUnions of Soviet Artists existed since 1932)
• USSR Union of Cinematographers (1965)
• USSR Union of Composers (1932, as theUnion of Soviet Composers)
• USSR Union of Designers (1987)
• USSR Union of Journalists (1959)
• USSR Union of Music Workers (1986, asAll-Union Musical Society)
• USSR Union of Theatre Workers (1986)
• USSR Union of Writers (1932, as theUnion of Soviet Writers)

• Socialist realism
• Engineers of the human soul
• ru:Категория:Творческие союзы

• Willis, David K. (1985),Klass: How Russians Really Live, London: St Martin's Press,ISBN 978-0312457631,LCCN 85001740,OCLC 11623350.

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