Rulers and victims : the Russians in the Soviet Union

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Label

Rulers and victims : the Russians in the Soviet Union

Title remainder

the Russians in the Soviet Union

Statement of responsibility

Geoffrey Hosking

Title variation

Russians in the Soviet Union

Creator

• Hosking, Geoffrey

Subject

• Nationalism -- Russia (Federation)
• Russia -- History -- 20th century
• National characteristics, Russian
• Soviet Union -- Ethnic relations
• Soviet Union -- History
• Russians -- Ethnic identity

Language

eng

Summary

• "In this book, Geoffrey Hosking explores what the Soviet experience meant for Russians. One of the keys lies in messianism - the idea rooted in Russian Orthodoxy that the Russians were a "chosen people." The communists reshaped this notion into messianic socialism, in which the Soviet order would lead the world in a new direction. Neither vision, however, fit the "community spirit" of the Russian people, and the resulting clash defined the Soviet world." "Hosking analyzes how the Soviet state molded Russian identity, beginning with the impact of the Bolshevik Revolution and civil war. He discusses the severe dislocations resulting from collectivization and industrialization; the relationship between ethnic Russians and other Soviet peoples; the dramatic effects of World War II on ideas of homeland and patriotism; the separation of "Russian" and "Soviet" culture; leadership and the cult of personality; and the importance of technology in the Soviet worldview."
• "At the heart of this work is the fundamental question of what happens to a people who place their nationhood at the service of empire."--BOOK JACKET

Dewey number

947.085

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography