The 20th were the times of NEP [1] (New Economic Policy) where a lot of restrictions were relaxed to boost the economy and the morale after the civil war years. That also made a lot of cultural and public figures to accept new regime more, since it looked as if things kinda getting more normal, maybe not exactly the same as before but Bolsheviks are getting more and more reasonable and wartime excesses are winding down. Little did they now...
After Lenin's death and the ascension of Stalin in late 1920th, though, the program was dismantled and the restrictions returned in both economics and public life. And then amplified to the peak of Great Terror in the 1930th.
After Lenin's death and the ascension of Stalin in late 1920th, though, the program was dismantled and the restrictions returned in both economics and public life. And then amplified to the peak of Great Terror in the 1930th.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Economic_Policy