Based on declassified materials from eight Ukrainian and Russian archives, Stalin's Empire of Memory, offers a complex and vivid analysis of the politics of memory under Stalinism. Using the Ukrainian republic as a case study, Serhy Yekelchyk elucidates the intricate interaction between the Kremlin, non-Russian intellectuals, and their audiences. Yekelchyk posits that contemporary representations of the past reflected the USSR's evolution into an empire with a complex hierarchy among its nations. In reality, he argues, the ...
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Based on declassified materials from eight Ukrainian and Russian archives, Stalin's Empire of Memory, offers a complex and vivid analysis of the politics of memory under Stalinism. Using the Ukrainian republic as a case study, Serhy Yekelchyk elucidates the intricate interaction between the Kremlin, non-Russian intellectuals, and their audiences. Yekelchyk posits that contemporary representations of the past reflected the USSR's evolution into an empire with a complex hierarchy among its nations. In reality, he argues, the authorities never quite managed to control popular historical imagination or fully reconcile Russia's 'glorious past' with national mythologies of the non-Russian nationalities. Combining archival research with an innovative methodology that links scholarly and political texts with the literary works and artistic images, Stalin's Empire of Memory presents a lucid, readable text that will become a must-have for students, academics, and anyone interested in Russian history.
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Near Fine. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Based on declassified materials from 8 Ukrainian & Russian archives, the scholarly work offers a complex & vivid analysis of the politics of memory under Stalinism using the Ukraine as a case study. The Ukrainian Canadian historian / academic is an assistant professor in the department of Germanic & Russian Studies and the Department of History at the University of Victoria. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. (vv) 231 pages with bibliography, index, map & B&W photos. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Slight wear at spine ends & corners of dust jacket. Slight curvature to boards.
