Tracy, Spencer., 61, 64, 66, 93, 134, 276, 277

Trotsky, Leon., 81, 130, 178, 248, 305, 306, 314

US and democracy, 1, 3–5, 7, 10, 21, 25, 121

and the American Dream, 4, 53, 62, 291, 299, 301, 307

and anti-Semitism, 252, 253

USSR and dictatorship, 1, 3

and Russo-centrism, 68, 116, 241, 313

and similarities with Nazi Germany, 4, 5

and terror/violence, 6, 7, 27, 29, 178, 201, 230, 268

Utopia in US, 110, 122, 124, 125, 322, 323

in USSR, 30, 109–111, 114–118, 124, 125, 228, 244, 313, 322, 323

Vertov, Dziga., 73, 240, 270, 271

Voltaire, 131, 172, 227, 322

Voroshilov, 114, 147, 155, 163

Washington, George., 53, 54, 60, 99

Wayne, John., 62, 65

We From Kronstadt (1936),, 101, 146, 149, 156, 219

Western-pioneer (in US), 61

The Wizard of Oz (1939),, 60

White Sea-Baltic Canal, 111, 112, 125, 131

Women (representation and role of) in US, 100, 101

in USSR, 20, 82, 101, 115, 171

Wood, Grant., 60, 95

Works Progress Administration (WPA), 24, 25, 209

You Can’t Take it with You (1938),, 59

Young Mister Lincoln(1939),, 55–57, 60, 186

Zemlya(1930),, 236, 241, 244

Zhdanov, Andrei., 8, 88