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National Identities in Soviet Historiography - The Rise of Nations under Stalin (Paperback)
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National Identities in Soviet Historiography - The Rise of Nations under Stalin (Paperback)
Series: Central Asia Research Forum
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Under Stalin's totalitarian leadership of the USSR, Soviet national
identities with historical narratives were constructed. These
constructions envisaged how nationalities should see their
imaginary common past, and millions of people defined themselves
according to them. This book explains how and by whom these
national histories were constructed and focuses on the crucial
episode in the construction of national identities of Ukraine,
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan from 1936 and 1945. A unique comparative
study of three different case studies, this book reveals different
aims and methods of nation construction, despite the existence of
one-party rule and a single overarching official ideology. The
study is based on work in the often overlooked archives in the
Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan. By looking at different
examples within the Soviet context, the author contributes to and
often challenges current scholarship on Soviet nationality policies
and Stalinist nation-building projects. He also brings a new
viewpoint to the debate on whether the Soviet period was a project
of developmentalist modernization or merely a renewed 'Russian
empire'. The book concludes that the local agents in the countries
concerned had a sincere belief in socialism-especially as a project
of modernism and development-and, at the same time, were strongly
attached to their national identities. Claiming that local
communist party officials and historians played a leading role in
the construction of national narratives, this book will be of
interest to historians and political scientists interested in the
history of the Soviet Union and contemporary Eastern Europe, the
Caucasus and Central Asia.
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