[1] It was started by the Administration of Agitation and Propaganda Department (abbreviated as Agitprop) of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
[2] The goals of Kultura i zhizn were reported as follows: "to develop Bolshevist criticism of defects in different branches of the economy and cultural life and to carry on an unyielding struggle with the remnants of the old ideology and with laziness, lack of culture, bureaucracy and carelessness... Producers and writers who suppose that the Soviet people want only entertainment and amusement... are hopelessly wrong.
"[4] Kultura i zhizn was launched as a biweekly publication,[4] but later it was published three times per month.
[1] The founding editor-in-chief of Kultura i zhizn was Andrei Zhdanov who was succeeded by his deputy editor P. A.
[6] The magazine frequently reported the activities of the Academy of Social Sciences [az; bg] which was also established by the Central Committee in 1946.