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The Great War in Russian memory [electronic resource] / Karen Petrone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petrone, Karen.
- Series:
- Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies.
- Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Soviet Union.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Influence.
- Collective memory--Soviet Union--History.
- Collective memory.
- War memorials--Soviet Union--History.
- War memorials.
- War and society--Soviet Union--History.
- War and society.
- Political culture--Soviet Union--History.
- Political culture.
- Patriotism--Soviet Union--History.
- Patriotism.
- Soviet Union--Social conditions--1917-1945.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (408 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Karen Petrone shatters the notion that World War I was a forgotten war in the Soviet Union. Although never officially commemorated, the Great War was the subject of a lively discourse about religion, heroism, violence, and patriotism during the interwar period. Using memoirs, literature, films, military histories, and archival materials, Petrone reconstructs Soviet ideas regarding the motivations for fighting, the justification for killing, the nature of the enemy, and the qualities of a hero. She reve
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Great War in Russian memory
- Spirituality, the supernatural, and the memory of World War I
- The paradoxes of gender in Soviet war memory
- Violence, morality, and the conscience of the warrior
- World War I and the definition of Russianness
- Arrested history
- Disappearance and reappearance
- Legacies of the Great War.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-253-00144-7
- OCLC:
- 741492849
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