This eye-opening book shows how Communist state and party authorities stage-managed the Soviets' memory of World War II, transforming a national trauma into a heroic exploit that glorified the party while systematically concealing the disastrous mistakes and criminal cruelties committed by the Stalinist tyranny.

The Living And The Dead: The Rise And Fall Of The Cult Of World War II In Russia

History

Tumarkin, Nina

Military

Basic Books

Recounts how Stalin and his successors emphasized and de-emphasized World War II, and concealed contradictory facts about the war, to provide legitimacy to those in power

The Living And The Dead: The Rise And Fall Of The Cult Of World War Ii In Russia

Americas

Examines how the Soviet Communist Party encouraged the veneration of Lenin as a revolutionary figure in order to achieve its political goals

Lenin Lives!: The Lenin Cult in Soviet Russia

Russia

Harvard University Press

Was the deification of Lenin a show of spontaneous affection, or a planned political operation designed to solidify the revolution with the masses? This book aims to provide the answer. Exploring the cults mystical, historical, and political aspects, the book attempts to demonstrate the galvanizing power of ritual in the establishment of the postrevolutionary regime. In a new section the author includes the fall of the Soviet Union and Russia's new democracy.

Lenin Lives!: The Lenin Cult in Soviet Russia, Enlarged Edition

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Lenin Zhiv!: Kul't Lenina v Sovetskoi Rossii

Akademicheskii proekt

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