God save the USSR : Soviet Muslims and the second world war / Jeff Eden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eden, Jeff, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union.

Muslims--Soviet Union--History--20th century.

Muslims.

Soviet Union--Ethnic relations.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

It surprises many to learn that millions of Soviet Muslims fought on the frontlines against Hitler's armies. During the Second World War, as the Soviet Red Army was locked in brutal combat against the Nazis, Stalin ended the state's violent, decades-long persecution of religion. Religious elites of all faiths were suddenly tasked with rallying Soviet citizens to a Holy War against Hitler. Using evidence from many sources (in several languages including Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Uzbek, and Persian), God Save the USSR recounts the wartime religious revolution that ensued, with a focus on the Soviet Union's Muslims.

Contents:

Introduction: Debating the Wartime "Religious Revolution"

The Setting: From the Years of Repression to Stalin's "New Deal"

Praying with Stalin: Soviet Islamic Propaganda of the Second World War

Negotiating Stalin's Tolerance: Muslim Institutions in Wartime

Red Army Prayers and Homefront Lyrics: Glimpses of Soviet Muslim Life in Wartime

Bureaucrats Bewildered: Monitoring Muslims in Postwar Kazakhstan.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version God save the USSR

ISBN:

0-19-007629-1

0-19-007630-5

0-19-007628-3

OCLC:

1221018653