Clientelism and Nationality in an Early Soviet Fiefdom - The Trials of Nestor Lakoba (Paperback)

Based on extensive original research, this book tells the astonishing story of early Soviet Abkhazia and of its leader, the charismatic Bolshevik revolutionary Nestor Lakoba. A tiny republic on the Black Sea coast of the USSR, Abkhazia became a vacation retreat for Party leaders and a major producer of tobacco. Nestor Lakoba became the unquestioned boss of Abkhazia, constructing a powerful local ethnic "machine" that became an influential component of Soviet patronage politics, provoking along the way accusations of nepotism, corruption, blood feuds, embezzlement, racketeering, and extrajudicial murder on a scale that shocked even hardened Communist Party investigators. Lakoba and his group faced a series of trials, investigatory commissions, and tribunals over allegations of malfeasance, yet they were repeatedly able to convince their powerful patrons of their irreplaceability, until at last they were destroyed through a public show trial during the peak of the Stalinist Terror. Through the prism of tiny Abkhazia, this book provides invaluable insights into the nature of the early Soviet system and the governance of Soviet national republics.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Imperial Transformations - Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet History
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2021
Authors:	Timothy Blauvelt
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-201002-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	1-03-201002-9
Barcode:	9781032010021

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