02919nam 2200721uu 450 99624794990331620200227030313.00-19-771575-31-280-45401-61-4237-4113-70-19-535420-61-60256-199-02027/heb03981(CKB)1000000000028854(EBL)241508(OCoLC)475957003(SSID)ssj0000084737(PQKBManifestationID)11124195(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084737(PQKBWorkID)10170247(PQKB)11609692(MiAaPQ)EBC4701455(MiAaPQ)EBC241508(dli)HEB03981(MiU)MIU01000000000000005544576(OCoLC)1406788770(StDuBDS)9780197715758(EXLCZ)99100000000002885419980817e20231998 |y |engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrRed Arctic polar exploration and the myth of the north in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939 /John McCannonNew York :Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (255 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineBibliography: p212-225. _ Includes index.Previously issued in print: 1998.0-19-511436-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages211-225) and index.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; IndexThis 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.Oxford scholarship online.Polar exploration and the myth of the north in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939Russia, NorthernHistoryArctic regionsDiscovery and explorationSovietSoviet UnionTerritorial expansionSoviet UnionHistory1925-1953914.704842919.804947McCannon John1967-1000444DLCDLCDLCUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK996247949903316Red Arctic2306246UNISA