the rise and fall of the cult of World War II in Russia /
First Statement of Responsibility
Nina Tumarkin
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introductory thoughts -- Valley of death -- The last hurrah -- "No sea without water, no war without blood" -- After the war was over -- "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten" -- Glasnost and the great patriotic war -- Russia remembers the war -- Parting thoughts
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book shows how Communist state and party authorities stage-managed the Soviets' memory of World War II, transforming a national trauma into a heroic exploit that glorified the party while systematically concealing the disastrous mistakes and criminal cruelties committed by the Stalinist tyranny
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Living & the dead.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Living and the dead
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cults-- Soviet Union
Public opinion-- Soviet Union
World War, 1939-1945-- Influence
World War, 1939-1945-- Soviet Union-- Public opinion