Georgian and Soviet : entitled nationhood and the specter of Stalin in the Caucasus /

Kaiser, Claire P., 1984-

Georgian and Soviet : entitled nationhood and the specter of Stalin in the Caucasus / Claire P. Kaiser. - Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource (xv, 275 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : Pantheon as Past and Present -- History, Nation, and Local Foundations of the Stalin Cult -- Entitled Foreign Policy and its Limits -- Expulsions and Ethnic Consolidation -- De-Stalinization, kartulad -- A Georgian Tbilisi -- Entangled Nationalisms -- Epilogue : Stalin's Ghosts.

"Drawing on extensive research in Georgian archives and Georgian-language sources, this book argues that the postwar and post-Stalin era was decisive in the creation of a 'Georgian' Georgia due to not only the role played by the Stalin cult in the construction of Georgian nationhood but also the changes that de-Stalinization wrought among Georgia's populace and in the relationship between Moscow and Tbilisi"--



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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 --Influence.


Nationalism--History--Georgia (Republic)--20th century.
Nationalism and socialism--History--Georgia (Republic)--20th century.
Georgians (South Caucasians)--Ethnic identity.


Electronic Books.

DK677 / .G467 2022