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Rulers and victims : the Russians in the Soviet Union / Geoffrey Hosking.

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Many westerners used to call the Soviet Union "Russia." Russians too regarded it as their country, but that did not mean they were entirely happy with it. In the end, in fact, Russia actually destroyed the Soviet Union. How did this happen, and what kind of Russia emerged? In this illumina...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Hosking, Geoffrey A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
National characteristics, Russian.
Russians > Ethnic identity.
Nationalism > Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union > History.
Soviet Union > Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
Nationalism.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 Marxism and the Crisis of Russian Messianism
  • 2 The Effects of Revolution and Civil War
  • 3 Soviet Nationality Policy and the Russians
  • 4 Two Russias Collide
  • 5 Projecting a New Russia
  • 6 The Great Fatherland War
  • 7 The Sweet and Bitter Fruits of Victory
  • 8 The Relaunch of Utopia
  • 9 The Rediscovery of Russia
  • 10 The Return of Politics
  • 11 An Unanticipated Creation: The Russian Federation
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Tables
  • Notes
  • Index

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