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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820768303321

Autore

Petrovskii-Shtern Iokhanan

Titolo

Lenin's Jewish question / / Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-300-16860-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xvii, 198 p.) ) : ill

Disciplina

947.084/1092

Soggetti

Jews - Identity

Jews - Soviet Union - Social conditions

Jewish communists - Soviet Union - History

Soviet Union Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface: How and why this book was written -- From nowhere to Zhitomir -- The imperial Moshko -- Lenin, Jews, and power -- Glue for the vertebrae -- How Lenin became blank -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In this first examination of Lenin's genealogical and political connections to East European Jews, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern reveals the broad cultural meanings of indisputable evidence that Lenin's maternal grandfather was a Jew. He examines why and how Lenin's Jewish relatives converted to Christianity, explains how Lenin's vision of Russian Marxism shaped his identity, and explores Lenin's treatment of party colleagues of Jewish origin and the Jewish Question in Europe. Petrovsky-Shtern also uncovers the continuous efforts of the Soviet communists to suppress Lenin's Jewishness and the no less persistent attempts of Russian extremists to portray Lenin as a Jew. In this fascinating book, Petrovsky-Shtern expands our understanding not only of Lenin, but also of Russian and Soviet handling of the Jewish Question.