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National Identities in Soviet Historiography

Under Stalins totalitarian leadership of the USSR, Soviet national identities with historical narratives were constructed. These constructions envisaged how nationalities should see their imaginary common past, and millions of people defined themselves according to them. This book explains how and by whom these national histories were constructed and focuses on the crucial episode in the construction of national identities of Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan from 1936 and 1945.

A unique comparative study of three different case studies, this book reveals different aims and methods of nation construction, despite the existence of one-party rule and a single overarching official ideology. The study is based on work in the often overlooked archives in Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan. By looking at different examples within the Soviet context, the author contributes to and often challenges current scholarship on Soviet nationality policies and Stalinist nation-building projects. He also brings a new viewpoint to the debate on whether the Soviet period was a project of developmentalist modernization or merely a renewed Russian empire. The book concludes that the local agents in the countries concerned had a sincere belief in socialism especially as a project of modernism and development and, at the same time, were strongly attached to their national identities. Finally, the Soviet understanding of external threat and international relations influenced the content of the new national narratives.

Claiming that local communist party officials and historians played a leading role in the construction of national narratives, this book will be of interest to historians and political scientists interested in the history of the Soviet Union and contemporary Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

Harun Yilmaz holds an MSc and PhD from the University of Oxford, UK. He was a postdoctorate research fellow at Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, USA (2012) and a tutor at the University of Oxford. Currently he is a British Academy postdoctoral Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, UK. His area of interest and published research covers modern history of and contemporary politics in Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus, and Central Asia.

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National Identities in Soviet Historiography
The rise of nations under Stalin
Harun Yilmaz

National Identities in Soviet
Historiography

The rise of nations under Stalin

Harun Yilmaz

First published 2015
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Yilmaz, Harun.
National identities in Soviet historiography : the rise of nations under Stalin / Harun Yilmaz.

pages cm. (Central Asia research forum)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. HistoriographySoviet UnionHistory. 2. HistoriographyPolitical aspectsSoviet Union. 3. NationalismSoviet UnionHistoriography. 4. Nationalism and communismAzerbaijan. 5. Nationalism and communismKazakhstan. 6. Nationalism and communismUkraine. 7. AzerbaijanHistoriography. 8. KazakhstanHistoriography. 9. UkraineHistoriography. 10. Soviet UnionPolitics and government19361953. I. Title.

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