Lenin's Jewish question / Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrovskiĭ-Shtern, Ĭokhanan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, 1870-1924--Relations with Jews.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilich.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, 1870-1924--Family.

Ulianov family.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, 1870-1924--Public opinion.

Jews--Identity--Case studies.

Jews.

Jews--Soviet Union--Social conditions.

Jewish communists--Soviet Union--History.

Jewish communists.

Soviet Union--Politics and government.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xvii, 198 p.) ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this first examination of Lenin's genealogical and political connections to East European Jews, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern reveals the broad cultural meanings of indisputable evidence that Lenin's maternal grandfather was a Jew. He examines why and how Lenin's Jewish relatives converted to Christianity, explains how Lenin's vision of Russian Marxism shaped his identity, and explores Lenin's treatment of party colleagues of Jewish origin and the Jewish Question in Europe. Petrovsky-Shtern also uncovers the continuous efforts of the Soviet communists to suppress Lenin's Jewishness and the no less persistent attempts of Russian extremists to portray Lenin as a Jew. In this fascinating book, Petrovsky-Shtern expands our understanding not only of Lenin, but also of Russian and Soviet handling of the Jewish Question.

Contents:

Preface: How and why this book was written

From nowhere to Zhitomir

The imperial Moshko

Lenin, Jews, and power

Glue for the vertebrae

How Lenin became blank

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-16860-8

OCLC:

808346505