UID:
almafu_9959230585802883
Format:
1 online resource (408 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-253-00144-7
Series Statement:
Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies
Content:
Karen Petrone shatters the notion that World War I was a forgotten war in the Soviet Union. Although never officially commemorated, the Great War was the subject of a lively discourse about religion, heroism, violence, and patriotism during the interwar period. Using memoirs, literature, films, military histories, and archival materials, Petrone reconstructs Soviet ideas regarding the motivations for fighting, the justification for killing, the nature of the enemy, and the qualities of a hero. She reve
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction: The Great War in Russian memory -- Spirituality, the supernatural, and the memory of World War I -- The paradoxes of gender in Soviet war memory -- Violence, morality, and the conscience of the warrior -- World War I and the definition of Russianness -- Arrested history -- Disappearance and reappearance -- Legacies of the Great War.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-253-35617-2
Language:
English
