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Record Nr.

UNINA9910595055703321

Autore

Sullivan Charles J.

Titolo

Motherland : Soviet nostalgia in the Russian Federation / / Charles J. Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9789811939754

9789811939747

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 164 pages)

Disciplina

947

Soggetti

Collective memory - Russia (Federation)

National characteristics, Russian

Nostalgia - Russia (Federation)

Soviet Union Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter: 1 introduction -- Chapter: 2 yearning for the ussr -- Chapter 3: economic bedlam -- Chapter 4: social glue -- Chapter 5: glory days -- Chapter 6: the politics of the past and present -- Chapter 7: uncertainty in the future.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the extent to which and the reasons why Russia’s citizens harbor feelings of nostalgia for the Soviet Union today. Based on the results of a nationwide survey and rigorous field research carried out within several of Russia’s regions, Dr. Sullivan uncovers material and cultural rationales for this sentiment of nostalgia – which poses both an opportunity and a challenge to the Russian government. With Russian nationalism and revanchism a resurgent force in contemporary global affairs, this detailed study will interest scholars of international relations and of populist authoritarianism around the world.