This chapter explores the Cold War politics between the USA and USSR while delving deeper into the ways the Soviet Union promoted its political ideology through the arts. Looking at how other nations use dance as an ideological weapon, it continues to debunk some common myths about the Russian and Soviet culture. Discussing how bourgeois practices such as abstract or Western modernist music and painting were censored during the three stages of cultural revolution, it focuses on Zhdanovism as a particularly harsh period for artistic innovation outside prescribed norms. This chapter goes on to examine gender roles during this period, describing the Soviet version of feminism and the role of women as both the post-WWII labor force and the family matron. It goes on to look at the use of sports and athletics for political propaganda and citizen indoctrination in the USSR. Soviet athletes were not competing for their own success but for the success of the Union and its principles. Finally, this chapter zones into the various periods of ballroom dance development in the communist era, from being a prohibited bourgeois activity to a popular sport.