Georgian and Soviet : entitled nationhood and the specter of Stalin in the Caucasus / Claire P. Kaiser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaiser, Claire P., 1984- author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Georgia (Republic)--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Nationalism and socialism--Georgia (Republic)--History--20th century.

Nationalism and socialism.

Georgians (South Caucasians)--Ethnic identity.

Georgians (South Caucasians).

Georgia (Republic)--Politics and government--1917-1991.

Georgia (Republic).

Georgia (Republic)--Relations--Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Relations--Georgia (Republic).

Soviet Union.

Georgia (Republic)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953--Influence.

Stalin, Joseph.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Summary:

This book investigates the constitutive capacity of Soviet nationhood and empire. The Soviet republic of Georgia, located in the mountainous Caucasus region, received the same nation-building template as other national republics of the USSR. Yet Stalin's Georgian heritage, intimate knowledge of Caucasian affairs, and personal involvement in local matters as he ascended to prominence left his homeland to confront a distinct set of challenges after his death in 1953. This book argues that the postwar and post-Stalin era was decisive in the creation of a "Georgian" Georgia.

Contents:

Introduction : Pantheon as Past and Present

History, Nation, and Local Foundations of the Stalin Cult

Entitled Foreign Policy and its Limits

Expulsions and Ethnic Consolidation

De-Stalinization, kartulad

A Georgian Tbilisi

Entangled Nationalisms

Epilogue : Stalin's Ghosts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Also issued in print: 2022.

ISBN:

9781501766800

1501766805

9781501766817

1501766813

OCLC:

1328230914