RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and JournalismRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism2312-92202312-9247Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1569010.22363/2312-9220-2017-22-1-84-91Research Article«WE DIE HERE»: SOVIET RUSSIA IN CREATION OF AYN RANDSergeevaMaria Olegovnaeshka_galery@inbox.ruSavastenkoRoman Andreevichsavastenko_ra@rudn.universityPeoples’ friendship university of Russia15122017221849125032017Copyright © 2017,2017<p>The first works by A. Rand, a famous American writer, are discussed in the article: a screenplay Red Pawn and a novel We are living which formed the authors philosophic concept based on her peculiar vision of Communist Ideology. Some peculiar features of describing the USSR as a totalitarian system are being analyzed; some particular examples of the dictatorship influence on free artistic people are being discussed. Also, the autobiographic elements of these works and their influence on the authors further creations as well as Ayn Rands attitude towards Soviet Russia are studied in the article. The analysis of Ayn Rands early works allows us to see the events of one of the most controversial period of Russian history through the prism of literary creativity of the first wave of Soviet emigration.</p>Ayn RandtotalitarianismdictatorshipThe Soviet Unionimage-symbolRussian emigrant proseАйн РэндтоталитаризмдиктатураСоветский Союзобраз-символрусская эмигрантская проза[Vilgotsky A. Kto takaya Ayn Rand?. [Who is Ayn Rand?]. M.: AST, 2015. 352 p.][Grigogorovskaya A.V. Perviy amerikanskiy roman o Sovetskoy Rossii “Zhivoye” i “Mertvoye” v romane A. Rand “My zhiviye” [The first American novel about Soviet Russie: “The living” and “The dead in Ayn Rand Novel “We the living”]. Politicheskaya lingvistika [Political linguistics]. 2016. № 55. P. 144—150.][Kuharenko V.A. Interpretatsiya teksta [The interpretation of the text]. L.: Prosvesheniye, 1978. 328 p.][Peikoff L. Introduction to the 60th Anniversary Edition. We the Living. Ayn Rand. N.Y. А Signet Book, 1995. 503 p.][Rand A. Muzh kotorogo ya kupila [My husband, whom I bought]. M.: Astrel’, 2012. 319 p.][Rand A. My zhiviye [We the living]. M.: Alpinapublisher, 2016. 474 p.][Apshtain M. Mertvaya ruka. Mest’ ili pobeda? [The dead hand. Revenge or victory?]. Snob. Available at: https://snob.ru/profile/27356/blog/115055#comment_841206] (accessed: 17.10.2016).][Usefovich N.G. Substrat ideologia kollektivisma v proizvedeniyah A. Rand [Substrate ideology of collectivism in the works of A. Rand]. Politicheskaya lingvistika [Political linguistics]. № 4. M., 2012. P. 242—248.][Heller A.C. Ayn Rand and the world she made. New York: Doubleday, 2010. 567 p.][Peikoff L. Obyektivizm: philosophiya Ayn Rand [Objectivism: the philosophy of Ayn Rand]. M.: Astrel’: Poligrafizdat, 2012. 576 p.][Toffler A. Playboy Interview: Ayn Rand. Playboy Magazine. March vol. 11, no. 3. 1964. 96 p.]