Reinventing Russia : Russian nationalism and the Soviet state, 1953-1991 / Yitzhak M. Brudny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brudny, Yitzhak M.

Series:

Russian Research Center studies ; 91.

Russian Research Center studies ; 91

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Soviet Union.

Nationalism.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 352 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What caused the emergence of nationalist movements in many post-communist states? What role did communist regimes play in fostering these movements? Why have some been more successful than others? To address these questions, Yitzhak Brudny traces the Russian nationalist movement from its origins within the Russian intellectual elite of the 1950's to its institutionalization in electoral alliances, parliamentary factions, and political movements of the early 1990's. Brudny argues that the rise of the Russian nationalist movement was a combined result of the reinvention of Russian national identity by a group of intellectuals, and the Communist Party's active support of this reinvention in order to gain greater political legitimacy. The author meticulously reconstructs the development of the Russian nationalist thought from Khrushchev to Yeltsin, as well as the nature of the Communist Party response to Russian nationalist ideas. Through analysis of major Russian literary, political, and historical writings, the recently-published memoirs of the Russian nationalist intellectuals and Communist Party officials, and documents discovered in the Communist Party archives, Brudny sheds new light on social, intellectual, and political origins of Russian nationalism, and emphasizes the importance of ideas in explaining the fate of the Russian nationalist movement during late communist and early post-communist periods.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Russian Nationalists in Soviet Politics

2 The Emergence of Politics by Culture, 1953-1964

3 The First Phase of Inclusionary Politics, 1965-1970

4 The Rise and Fall of Inclusionary Politics, 1971-1985

5 What Went Wrong with the Politics of Inclusion?

6 What Is Russia, and Where Should It Go? Political Debates, 1971-1985

7 The Zenith of Politics by Culture, 1985-1989

8 The Demise of Politics by Culture, 1989-1991

Epilogue: Russian Nationalism in Postcommunist Russia

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-335) and index.

ISBN:

9780674028968

0674028961

OCLC:

923108409