Intellectuals and Apparatchiks
Russian Nationalism and the Gorbachev Revolution
Published on 10. March 2006
332 pages
979-8-216-28458-1 (ISBN)
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.
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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!"
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!"
