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Vicky Davis - Myth Making in the Soviet Union and Modern Russia: Remembering World War Two in Brezhnev´s Hero City - 9781784539481 - V9781784539481
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Myth Making in the Soviet Union and Modern Russia: Remembering World War Two in Brezhnev´s Hero City

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Description for Myth Making in the Soviet Union and Modern Russia: Remembering World War Two in Brezhnev´s Hero City Hardcover. Series: Library of Modern Russian History. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
The 1943 battle to free the Soviet Black Sea port of Novorossiisk from German occupation was fought from the beach head of Malaia zemlia, where the young Colonel Leonid Brezhnev saw action. Despite widespread scepticism of the state's appropriation and inflation of this historical event, the heroes of the campaign are still commemorated in Novorossiisk today by an amalgam of memoir, monuments and ritual. Through the prism of this provincial Russian town, Vicky Davis sheds light on the character of Brezhnev as perceived by his people, and on the process of memory for the ordinary Russian citizen. Davis analyses the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Library of Modern Russian History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784539481
SKU
V9781784539481
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99-5

About Vicky Davis
Vicky Davis received her PhD from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London (UCL), and currently works as a freelance educational consultant and researcher. Davis has worked with a number of leading academics in her role as a researcher, including Roger Moorhouse on The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin (2014) and for Polly Jones (Associate ... Read more

Reviews for Myth Making in the Soviet Union and Modern Russia: Remembering World War Two in Brezhnev´s Hero City
`Using the example of Malaia zemlia, Davis deftly dissects the Soviet Union’s wartime myth-making, laying bare the processes by which myths were propagated and maintained. Thoughtful and thought-provoking, this is a profound and significant study.’ – Roger Moorhouse, author of The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941, `In his ghost-written memoirs that describe his participation during the Great Patriotic ... Read more

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