Stalin's Empire of Memory : : Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Soviet Historical Imagination / / Serhy Yekelchyk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Yekelchyk, Serhy,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Chapter One. Soviet National Patriots --; Chapter Two. The Unbreakable Union --; Chapter Three. Reinventing Ideological Orthodoxy --; Chapter Four. The Unfinished Crusade of 1947 --; Chapter Five. Writing a 'Stalinist History of Ukraine' --; Chapter Six. Defining the National Heritage --; Chapter Seven. Empire and Nation in the Artistic Imagination --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442680166; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442680166
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Serhy Yekelchyk.

Based on declassified materials from eight Ukrainian and Russian archives, Stalin's Empire of Memory, offers a complex and vivid analysis of the politics of memory under Stalinism. Using the Ukrainian republic as a case study, Serhy Yekelchyk elucidates the intricate interaction between the Kremlin, non-Russian intellectuals, and their audiences.Yekelchyk posits that contemporary representations of the past reflected the USSR's evolution into an empire with a complex hierarchy among its nations. In reality, he argues, the authorities never quite managed to control popular historical imagination or fully reconcile Russia's 'glorious past' with national mythologies of the non-Russian nationalities.Combining archival research with an innovative methodology that links scholarly and political texts with the literary works and artistic images, Stalin's Empire of Memory presents a lucid, readable text that will become a must-have for students, academics, and anyone interested in Russian history.