Stalin's Empire of Memory: Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Soviet Historical Imagination

Serhy Yekelchyk

Published by University of Toronto Press 2004

Stalin's Empire of Memory

Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Soviet Historical Imagination

Serhy Yekelchyk

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442680166

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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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Yekelchyk Serhy :

Serhy Yekelchyk is an associate professor in the Departments of Germanic and Russian Studies and the Department of History at the University of Victoria.

Reviews

Denis Kozlov:
“Of significant interest to the broader scholarly audience interested in problems of nationalism, colonialism, and imperialism, as well as to college students beginning to explore these issues.”

David Brandenberger:
“Yekelchyk’s investigation of the ‘creation’ of Soviet Ukraine is nothing less than an interdisciplinary tour de force that supplies fascinating insight into the party’s accidental role in the formation of the USSR’s successor states.”

George O. Liber:
“By masterfully integrating theories of collective memory with archival research and by detailing the party’s compromises with the past, Yekelchyk has produced a rich and thought-provoking assessment of the politics of memory in Soviet Ukraine.”

Timothy Snyder:
“Yekelchyk’s account is a model of archival research and clear exposition.”

Hiroaki Kuromiya, Department of History, Indiana University:

'This is an excellent book ... Yekelchyk demonstrates the critical importance of the politics of memory for the study of empires in general and of the Soviet Union in particular. At the cutting edge of Ukrainian and Russian studies as well as cultural and postcolonial studies, it will have a significant impact.'

Peter Solomon, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto:

'This is an excellent book ... Yekelchyk demonstrates the critical importance of the politics of memory for the study of empires in general and of the Soviet Union in particular. At the cutting edge of Ukrainian and Russian studies as well as cultural and postcolonial studies, it will have a significant impact.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. Soviet National Patriots Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter Two. The Unbreakable Union Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter Three. Reinventing Ideological Orthodoxy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter Four. The Unfinished Crusade of 1947 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Chapter Five. Writing a 'Stalinist History of Ukraine' Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Chapter Six. Defining the National Heritage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Chapter Seven. Empire and Nation in the Artistic Imagination Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 252

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Published: February 18, 2004
ISBN: 9781442680166