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BL
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656712
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Tumarkin, Nina
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The living the dead : : the rise and fall of the cult of World War II in Russia /\ Nina Tumarkin
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x, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0465071597
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: 9780465071593
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: 0465041442
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: 9780465041442
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index
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| Contents
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Introductory thoughts -- Valley of death -- The last hurrah -- "No sea without water, no war without blood" -- After the war was over -- "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten" -- Glasnost and the great patriotic war -- Russia remembers the war -- Parting thoughts
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This book shows how Communist state and party authorities stage-managed the Soviets' memory of World War II, transforming a national trauma into a heroic exploit that glorified the party while systematically concealing the disastrous mistakes and criminal cruelties committed by the Stalinist tyranny
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World War, 1939-1945-- Soviet Union-- Public opinion
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World War, 1939-1945-- Influence
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Public opinion-- Soviet Union
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Cults-- Soviet Union
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Soviet Union, History, Errors, inventions, etc
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| Dewey Classification
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947.084
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D764.T855 1994
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| Parallel Title
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Living and the dead
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