The Making of the State Reader
The Making of the State Reader

Author: Evgeny Dobrenko

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9780804780384

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A history of the shaping of the reader of Soviet literature, the State appropriation of the reader. Literature from the revolutionary and Soviet eras performed substantive political and ideological functions in the authorities' overall system (which included the publishing business, the book trade, and schools) aimed at ultimately creating a new Soviet person. This book shows how people from various social classes, in a dynamic unknown in pre-Soviet history, not only consumed the products of a new culture but in fact created that culture.

Russia's Dangerous Texts
Russia's Dangerous Texts

Author: Kathleen F. Parthe

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0300138229

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Russia’s Dangerous Texts examines the ways that writers and their works unnerved and irritated Russia’s authoritarian rulers both before and after the Revolution. Kathleen F. Parthé identifies ten historically powerful beliefs about literature and politics in Russia, which include a view of the artistic text as national territory, and the belief that writers must avoid all contact with the state. Parthé offers a compelling analysis of the power of Russian literature to shape national identity despite sustained efforts to silence authors deemed subversive. No amount of repression could prevent the production, distribution, and discussion of texts outside official channels. Along with tragic stories of lost manuscripts and persecuted writers, there is ample evidence of an unbroken thread of political discourse through art. The book concludes with a consideration of the impact of two centuries of dangerous texts on post-Soviet Russia.

Soviet Occupation of Romania, Hungary, and Austria 1944/45?1948/49
Soviet Occupation of Romania, Hungary, and Austria 1944/45?1948/49

Author: Csaba Bekes

Publisher: Central European University Press

Published: 2015-08-30

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 963386075X

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This book compares the various aspects ? political, military economic ? of Soviet occupation in Austria, Hungary and Romania. Using documents found in Austrian, Hungarian, Romanian and Russian archives the authors argue that the nature of Soviet foreign policy has been misunderstood. Existing literature has focused on the Soviet foreign policy from a political perspective; when and why Stalin made the decision to introduce Bolshevik political systems in the Soviet sphere of influence. This book will show that the Soviet conquest of East-Central Europe had an imperial dimension as well and allowed the Soviet Union to use the territory it occupied as military and economic space. The final dimension of the book details the tragically human experiences of Soviet occupation: atrocities, rape, plundering and deportations.

Inside the Soviet Writers' Union
Inside the Soviet Writers' Union

Author: John Gordon Garrard

Publisher: New York : Free Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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A view of how the USSR'S Writers' Union has incluenced a writer's life, words, ideas, and publications over the last five decades. Includes chapters on the Doviet writing establishment, the threat of Gasnost and the promise of Perestroika.