Kyiv as regime city : the return of Soviet power after Nazi occupation / Martin J. Blackwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackwell, Martin J., author.

Series:

Rochester studies in East and Central Europe 1528-4808

Rochester studies in East and Central Europe, 1528-4808

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations.

Power (Social sciences).

History.

Elite (Social sciences).

Communists.

Land settlement.

Kyïv (Ukraine)--Politics and government--20th century.

Kyïv (Ukraine).

Kyïv (Ukraine)--Social conditions--20th century.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Ukraine--Kiev.

World War, 1939-1945.

Land settlement--Ukraine--Kiev--History--20th century.

Communists--Ukraine--Kiev--History--20th century.

Elite (Social sciences)--Ukraine--Kiev--History--20th century.

Power (Social sciences)--Ukraine--Kiev--History--20th century.

Kyïv (Ukraine)--Relations--Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Relations--Ukraine--Kiev.

Soviet Union.

Ukraine--Politics and government--1945-1991.

Ukraine.

Politics and government.

International relations.

Social aspects.

Social conditions.

Ukraine--Kyïv.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Drawing on the once closed local, regional, and national archives of the former Soviet Union, Kyiv as Regime City charts the resettlement of the Ukrainian capital after the end of Nazi occupation and the returning Soviet rulers' efforts there to retain legitimacy within a Moscow-centered regime still focused on the front. Beginning with the Ukrainian Communists' inability to either purge their capital city of 'socially dangerous' people or prevent the arrival of 'unorganized' evacuees from the rear due to new wartime laws designed to shore up the ranks of the Soviet military, this book chronicles how a socially and ethnically diverse milieu of Kyivans reassembled after many years of violence and terror. While the Ukrainian Communists successfully guarded entry into their privileged, elite ranks and monitored the masses' mood towards their superiors in Moscow, the party's failed attempts to conscript a labor force and begin housing reconstruction would later lead to the Stalin regime adopting new tactics to legitimize itself among the large Ukrainian and Jewish populations who once again called the city home. This is essential reading for those seeking to understand how the Kremlin operated as the Cold War with the United States of America began"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part One: Resettlement

"The Capital Is Being Settled All over Again" : Resettlement from Fall 1943 to Fall 1944

"There Was No Real Battle against Illegal Entry" : Resettlement from Fall 1944 to Fall 1946

Part Two: Reassembly

"People Are Going for the Party Who Are Forcing Us to be Justifiably Careful" : The Reassembled Elite

"A Textual Implementation of the Law...Was Not Carried Out" : The Reassembled Masses

Part Three: Relegitimization

"The State's Dignity Is Higher Than His Own Dignity" : The Legitimization of Soviet Power

"Tashkent Partisans" and "German Bitches" : Relationships with Soviet Power.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.

ISBN:

9781580465588

1580465587

OCLC:

945767279