Soviet Russians Under Nazi Occupation - Fragile Loyalties in World War II

Informationen zum Autor Johannes Due Enstad is a historian and a Postdoctoral Fellow in Russian Studies at Universitetet i Oslo, where he is also affiliated with the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX). He currently studies right-wing militancy in post-Soviet Russia and teaches Russian history. Enstad has previously worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment and the Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities. His research has been published in the Slavonic and East European Review and Terrorism and Political Violence. Klappentext Drawing on archival sources and eyewitness accounts, this book explores Soviet Russians' experience of Nazi rule in German-occupied northwest Russia. Zusammenfassung A compelling account of northwest Russia under Nazi occupation! this book highlights the fragility of Soviet identity and loyalty during the 'Great Patriotic War'. Having lived through collectivization and Stalinist terror! many Soviet Russians invested hope and effort in the German promise of a better life without the Bolsheviks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Life in the 1930s and the limits of Stalinist civilization; 2. Hopes and fears: popular responses to the invasion; 3. Facing annihilation; 4. The ghost of hunger; 5. 'More meat, milk, and bread than in the Stalinist Kolkhoz': life in the de-collectivized village; 6. Religious revival and the Pskov Orthodox Mission; 7. Relating to German and Soviet power; 8. Hopes and fears, revisited: the end and aftermath of occupation; Conclusion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Johannes Due Enstad, Johannes (Jagiellonian University Due Enstad, Johannes D. (Jagiellonian University Enstad, Johannes Due Enstad, Johannes Due (Universitetet I Oslo) Enstad
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781108421263
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42126-3
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: New Studies in European History; New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Russia, European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Second World War, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), History and Archaeology