Georgia after Stalin: Nationalism and Soviet Power

Blauvelt, Timothy and Smith, Jeremy (2015) Georgia after Stalin: Nationalism and Soviet Power. BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies . Routledge, London. ISBN 1138945234

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This book explores events in Georgia in the years following Stalin’s death in March 1953, especially the demonstrations of March 1956 and their brutal suppression, in order to illuminate the tensions in Georgia between veneration of the memory of Stalin, a Georgian, together with the associated respect for the Soviet system that he had created, and growing nationalism. The book considers how not just Stalin but also his wider circle of Georgians were at the heart of the Soviet system, outlines how greatly Stalin was revered in Georgia, and charts the rise of Khrushchev and his denunciation of Stalin. It goes on to examine the different strands of the rising Georgian nationalist movements, discusses the repressive measures taken against demonstrators, and concludes by showing how the repressions transformed a situation where Georgian nationalism, the honouring of Stalin’s memory and the Soviet system were all aligned together into a situation where an increasingly assertive nationalist movement was firmly at odds with the Soviet Union.

Item Type: Book
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
D History General and Old World > DM Georgian - Abkhaz Relations
D History General and Old World > DI Georgian History
J Political Science > JT Political Science (Soviet Studies)
J Political Science > JP Russian-Georgian relations
Divisions: Institutes > Institute for Modernity Studies
Depositing User: Dr. Timothy Blauvelt
Date Deposited: 12 Apr 2016 08:01
Last Modified: 12 Apr 2016 08:01
URI: http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/id/eprint/4568

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