Russia's Regional Identities: The Power of the Provinces

ISBN-13: 9780367438357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 308 str.

Edith W. Clowes; Gisela Erbslöh; Ani Kokobobo

Opis

Contemporary Russia is often viewed as a centralised regime based in Moscow, with dependent provinces, made subservient by Putin’s policies limiting regional autonomy.

Spis treści

Introduction, Part I: Framing Russia’s Regions, 1. "The Six Waves of Russian Regionalism in European Context, 1830-2000", 2. "Provinces, Regions, Circles, Grids: How Literature Has Shaped Russian Geographical Identity", Part II: Rethinking European Russian Identities, 3. "Militarized Memory: Patriotic Re-branding in Post-Soviet Pskov", 4. "Wayfinding, Map-making and the Holy Springs of the Orel Region", 5. "‘How is Voronezh not Paris?’ City Branding in the Russian Provinces", Part III: Russian Identities in the Urals 6. "The Strange Case of a Regional Cultural Revolution: Sverdlovsk in the Perestroika Years", 7. "Enchanted Geographies: Aleksei Ivanov and the Aesthetic Management of Ural Regional Identity", Part IV: Russian Identities in Siberia, 8. "Siberian Regional Identity: Self-Perception, Solidarity, or Political Claim?", 9. "Tomsk Regional Identity and the Legacy of the Gulag and Stalinist Repression" Part V: Regional Identities outside the Orthodox Zone, 10. "National Identity in Post-Soviet Tatarstan: Orthodox Missionaries in Twenty-First Century Tatar Literature and Film", 11. "Women, Memory, and Resistance: Dealing with the Soviet Past in the Volga-Ural Region", 12. "‘Why Does Russia Need Hadji Murat’s Head?’ Hadji Murat, Dagestani Identity, and Russia’s Colonial Exploits", Afterword: "The Power of the Provinces".