Stalin vs Gypsies Roma and Political Repressions in the USSR Elena Marushiakova, Vesselin Popov

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marushiakova, Elena, Author.

Popov, Veselin., Author.

Series:

Roma history and culture ; Volume 3.

Roma History and Culture 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalities.

Soviet Union.

Stalinism.

Roma.

mündliche Überlieferung.

oral history.

Gedächtnis.

memory.

Opfer.

victims.

Sozialismus.

socialism.

Kommunismus.

communism.

Quellen.

sources.

Geschichte.

history.

Sowjetunion.

Nationalitäten.

Local Subjects:

Nationalities.

Soviet Union.

Stalinism.

Roma.

mündliche Überlieferung.

oral history.

Gedächtnis.

memory.

Opfer.

victims.

Sozialismus.

socialism.

Kommunismus.

communism.

Quellen.

sources.

Geschichte.

history.

Sowjetunion.

Nationalitäten.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (696 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Paderborn Brill | Schöningh 2024

Biography/History:

Elena Marushiakova, Prof., and Vesselin Popov, Prof., have worked in the field of Romani studies for over four decades. Currently, they work at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. They are also editors of the Brill | Schöningh publications "Roma Voices in History" and "Roma Portraits in History".

Summary:

In their centuries-old history, the Roma (formerly known as Gypsies) experienced many difficult moments and cruel trials from their arrival in Europe until now. The history of the Roma in the USSR is no exception in this respect. Along with affirmative state policy towards them (at least until the end of the 1930s), they also fell victim to the massive political repressions of that time. In this book, the Roma victims of these repressions are made visible and the scale of the repressions against them is discussed. The authors describe the political repression of Roma not as an isolated historical phenomenon explicitly aimed at the Roma as a separate ethnic community but understand the events as a component of the mass terror and brutal against all Soviet citizens. In this way, the history of the Roma is inscribed in the general history of the USSR.

Contents:

Front Cover

Content

Acknowledgement

Introduction

Chapter 1. Gypsy Politics and Gypsy Activism

Chapter 2. Victims of Administrative Acts

Chapter 3. Victims of Judicial (Quasi-Judicial) Decisions

Chapter 4. The Gypsy Lawsuits

4.1 Kelderari in the Repressive Policy of the Soviet State

4.2 Family Demeter Memories about the Repressions

4.3 Gypsy Lawsuits as a National Operation?

The Winds of History: Instead of a Conclusion

Annex 1. Book of Memory

1.1 Victims of Administrative Acts

1.2 Victims of Judicial (Quasi-Judicial) Decisions

Annex 2. Investigation Cases

2.1 The Case of Ivan Rusalimich Mihai (Moscow, 1933)

2.2 The Case of a Group of Gypsies (Moscow, 1935)

2.3 The Case of Alexey Mihai (Nadezhdinsk / Sverdlovsk, 1938)

2.4 The Case of Trifon Goman (Potanino / Chelyabinsk, 1938)

Annex 3. Regulatory Acts

3.1 Art. 58 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR (1926/1927/1934/1938-1958/1961)

3.2 Decree on the Procedure for Organising and Managing Special Settlements (1930)

3.3 Operational Order of the NKVD No. 00447 (1937)

3.4 Decree No. 5859ss of the State Defence Committee (1944)

3.5 Decree of the President of the USSR No. 556 (1990)

References

Archives &amp

Databases

Media

Bibliography

Dictionary

List of Illustrations

Illustrations

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Other Format:

Print version: Marushiakova, Elena Stalin vs Gypsies

ISBN:

9783657790968

Publisher Number:

9783657790968