Georgia after Stalin : nationalism and Soviet power

"This book explores events in Georgia in the years following Stalin's death in March 1953, especially the demonstrations of March 1956 and their brutal suppression, in order to illuminate the tensions in Georgia between veneration of the memory of Stalin, a Georgian, together with the asso...

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Weitere Verfasser: Blauvelt, Timothy K. (HerausgeberIn), Smith, Jeremy 1964- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London New York : Routledge, 2016
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:BASEES-Routledge series on Russian and East European studies 106
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:BASEES-Routledge series on Russian and East European studies
Schlagworte:Public opinion Political persecution Nationalism Demonstrations
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 198 Seiten)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Introduction / Timothy Blauvelt and Jeremy Smith
  • Kremlin-Tbilisi : purges, control and Georgian nationalism in the first half of the 1950s / Oleg V. Khlevniuk
  • 3. A History of the March 1956 Events in Georgia, based on Oral History Interviews and Archival Documents / Levan Avalishvili
  • "What is the Cult of Personality and what has it to do With Stalin?" : the role of ideology, youth and the Komsomol in the March Events / Ira Jänis-Isokangas
  • 5. Nationalism after the March 1956 Events and the Origins of the National-Independence Movement in Georgia / Giorgi Kldiashvili
  • 6. "A Kind of Silent Protest" : Deciphering Georgia's 1956 / Claire Pogue Kaiser
  • 7. Resistance, Discourse and Nationalism in the March 1956 Events in Georgia / Timothy K. Blauvelt
  • 8. Georgian-Abkhaz Relations in the Post-Stalinist Era / Nino Kemoklidze
  • 9. Conclusion: Georgian Nationalism after 1956 / Jeremy Smith
  • Appendix: Documents from the Georgian Archives / translated and annoted by Timothy Blauvelt.