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Author_Irina Mukhina
Baltic German
Black Sea Germans
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deportees
diaspora communities research
Early Soviet Nationalities Policy
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ethnic
Ethnic German Women
Ethnic Germans
ethnic identity formation
ethnicity
forced migration studies
FRG
German Autonomy
German Deportees
German Government
German Language Press
German Settlements
germanic
Kyrgyz SSR
North Caucasus
Novosibirsk Region
region
Religious Congregations
Religious Services
republic
Russian Germans
Saratov Region
settlement
Soviet German deportation experiences
Soviet Germans
Soviet minority policies
special
Special Settlers
Stalinist deportations
volga
Volga German Republic
Volga Germans
Volga Region
West Germany
women
women's roles in exile
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415666862
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 Apr 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Germans were a very substantial minority in Russia, and many leading figures, including the Empress Catherine the Great, were German. Using rarely seen archival information, this book provides an account of the experiences of the Germans living in the Soviet Union from the early post-revolution period to the post-Soviet era following the collapse of communism. Setting out the history of this minority group and explaining how they were affected by the Soviet regime’s nationality policies, the book:
- describes the character of the ethnic Germanic groups, demonstrating their diversity before the execution of the policy of systematic deportations by the Stalinist authorities from 1937 to 1947
- argues that there was not one but several episodes of deportation within this period
- considers the different dimensions of this policy, including the legal and economic structures of, and everyday life in, the Soviet special settlements
- investigates the ‘women’s dimension’ of deportation, especially the role of women in the preservation of ethnic identity among the afflicted groups
- explores the long term consequences of Soviet deportations and exile on the identity of the Soviet Germans.
Irina Mukhina is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of History at Boston College, USA. She conducts research on nationalism, ethnicity and national policies in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia.
