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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786029003321

Autore

Gill Graeme J.

Titolo

Symbolism and regime change in Russia / / Graeme Gill, department of Government and international relations, The University of Sydney [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-85442-9

1-107-23774-2

1-139-84534-9

1-139-84179-3

1-283-94294-1

1-139-84061-4

1-139-84617-5

1-139-38167-9

1-139-84298-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 246 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

POL040020

Disciplina

320.947

Soggetti

Regime change - Soviet Union

Soviet Union Politics and government

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Jan 2016).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Symbolism and regime change -- Dissolution of the Soviet metanarrative -- The leader's vision -- The symbolism of the political arena -- Russian identity in the public arena -- Moscow : a material basis for post-Soviet identity?

Sommario/riassunto

During the Soviet period, political symbolism developed into a coherent narrative that underpinned Soviet political development. Following the collapse of the Soviet regime and its widespread rejection by the Russian people, a new form of narrative was needed, one which both explained the state of existing society and gave a sense of its direction. By examining the imagery contained in presidential addresses, the political system, the public sphere and the urban development of



Moscow, Graeme Gill shows how no single coherent symbolic programme has emerged to replace that of the Soviet period. Laying particular emphasis on the Soviet legacy, and especially on the figure of Stalin, Symbolism and Regime Change in Russia explains why it has been so difficult to generate a new set of symbols which could constitute a coherent narrative for the new Russia.