Bearslayers : The Rise and Fall of the Latvian National Communists.
Title:
Bearslayers : The Rise and Fall of the Latvian National Communists.
Author:
Prigge, William D.
ISBN:
9781453914687
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (186 pages)
Series:
American University Studies: Series 10: Political Science ; v.71
American University Studies: Series 10: Political Science
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Hot Summer of 1959 -- Chapter 1: Russophiles and Culture: The Early Years of Occupation, 1946-1953 -- Lebedev and Titov: Russian Nationalists -- Pelše and Suslov: Marxist Internationalists -- Linguistic Russification -- USSR -- Chapter 2: Between the Anvil and the Hammer: National Communists, Cadres & Beria, 1946-1953 -- The Early Years of National Communism -- Promotion of Latvian Cadres -- Beria and the June 1953 LCP CC Plenum -- The Aftermath -- Chapter 3: The Education of Eduards Berklavs 1955-1957 -- Khrushchev and the National Communists -- Bourgeois Nationalism in Riga -- Chapter 4: Unholy Alliances: Moscow, the Military, and National Communists, 1953-1957 -- The Anti-Party Purges -- The Anti-Party Purges and Latvia -- The Latvian Cultural Wars, 1952-1957 -- Attitudes toward Party Control and the Military -- The Alliance Unravels -- Chapter 5: The Summit: Latvian National Communists in Power, 1958-1959 -- Party Democracy -- Populism in Latvia -- The Press -- Thesis 19 -- The Daugavpils Incident -- Chapter 6: Industrialization or Russification?: Demographic Changes in Latvia -- Demographic Changes in Latvia -- Industrial Growth in Latvia -- Context of the Protest Letter -- Chapter 7: The Strange Death of Latvian National Communism 1959-1960 -- Khrushchev's Role in the 1959 Latvian Purge -- Cause of the Purge -- The Purge Expands -- The Purge and Kremlin Politics -- Epilogue -- The Importance of Legitimacy -- Berklavs's Revenge -- Fire and Night -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Archival Sources -- Published Documents and Published Collections of Documents -- Published Documents and Published Collections of Documents, Cont.
Periodicals, Encyclopedias, and Directories -- Periodicals, Encyclopedias, and Directories, Cont. -- Memoirs -- Memoirs, Cont. -- Interviews -- Books and Scholarly Articles -- Books and Scholarly Articles, Cont. -- Unpublished Dissertations and Manuscripts -- Index.
Abstract:
The 1959 purge of the Latvian national communists has long been cast in black-and-white terms: Russification and resistance; victimizers and victims. Conventional wisdom holds that Nikita Khrushchev was behind the purge. After all, he was the Soviet premier; he stopped in Riga just a few weeks before; even the leading victim of the purge, Eduards Berklavs, labeled Khrushchev the culprit. For the first time, William D. Prigge's penetrating analysis challenges this view and untangles the intricacies of Soviet center-periphery relations like a political thriller. With each new chapter, a truer understanding of events comes into sharper focus - more complex and fascinating than could ever be imagined. Ultimately, the reverberations are felt all the way to the Kremlin and weaken what Khrushchev thought was his own firm footing. For the student of Soviet and Latvian history alike, this volume provides more than just the story of a purge - it is a unique snapshot into the political machinations of the Soviet Union and one of its republics.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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