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Record Nr.

UNISA996247949903316

Autore

McCannon John <1967->

Titolo

Red Arctic : polar exploration and the myth of the north in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939 / / John McCannon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771575-3

1-280-45401-6

1-4237-4113-7

0-19-535420-6

1-60256-199-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

914.704842

919.804

947

Soggetti

Russia, Northern History

Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Soviet

Soviet Union Territorial expansion

Soviet Union History 1925-1953

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliography: p212-225. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages211-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; A Note on Transliteration; Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE: Footholds in the North: The Russians in the Arctic, 1500-1932; TWO: The Commissariat of Ice: The Rise of Glavsevmorput, 1932-1936; THREE: Days of Glory: The Major Expeditions, 1932-1939; FOUR: From Victory To Victory: The Myth of the Arctic in Soviet Culture; FIVE: Between Rhetoric and Reality: Manufacturing the Arctic Myth; SIX: Polestar Descending: Glavsevmorput In Decline, 1936-1939; CONCLUSION; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text explores Stalinist Russia's campaign to develop its Northern territories during the 1930s. The author exposes the reality behind the polar expeditions, and traces the development of the polar-based popular culture of the decade.