
Intellectuals and Apparatchiks
Russian Nationalism and the Gorbachev Revolution
Kevin O'Connor(Author)
Lexington Books (Publisher)
Published on 10. March 2006
Book
Hardback
332 pages
978-0-7391-0771-3 (ISBN)
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Description
This book traces the origins and activities of an alliance of conservative Communist Party authorities and Russian nationalists during the late Soviet era. Specifically, it examines how and to what extent hitherto orthodox Communists sought political allies in the Russian nationalist movement in order to garner support for halting the reform program and saving the Soviet state from collapse. Focusing on the perestroika period, Dr. Kevin O'Connor explains in detail how Marxism-Leninsim receded into irrelevance, forcing orthodox Communists to abandon their Marxist principles in favor of great Russian nationalism.
Reviews / Votes
O'Connor is very informative on the development of Russian nationalism....The book is very nicely produced, [and] physically a pleasure to read. * Slavic and East European Review, July 2008 * A valuable contribution that should find a broad readership among specialists and become a regular reading assignment in seminars on contemporary Russian nationalism and the Soviet-Russian regime change. -- Andreas Umland, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation * Europe-Asia Studies, (January 2008) *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
691 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-0771-3 (9780739107713)
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Person
Kevin C. O'Connor is assistant professor of history at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He holds a Ph.D in Russian and Soviet History from Ohio University and is author of The History of the Baltic States and the forthcoming Culture and Customs of the Baltic States.
Content
1 Russians, the RSFSR, and Soviet Nationalities Policy, 1917 - 1953 2 Russian Nationalism, Russification, and the Rise of the "Russian Party," 1953 - 1985 3 Writers: An Opposition in Embryo, 1986 - 1988 4 The Ligachev Line, 1986 - 1988 5 "Russophobia:" Perestroika and the Russian Question 6 A Consolidating Force: Creating a Russian Communist Party 7 The Apparatchiks' Party 8 A Word to the People 9 "Russia to the Exit!"