To the Tashkent station : evacuation and survival in the Soviet Union at war /
Rebecca Manley.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2009.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 282 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
Conceiving evacuation : from refugee to evacuee -- The official mind of evacuation : policy in the wake of the invasion -- Evacuations in practice -- Popular responses -- The journey east -- Survival on the Tashkent front -- "Our war" in Tashkent -- The return -- Conclusion : the memory and meaning of evacuation.
Based on previously unexploited archival collections in Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, this book offers a novel look at a war that transformed the lives of several generations of Soviet citizens.
9780801459009
World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Soviet Union. Refugees--History.--Uzbekistan--Tashkent Refugees--Tashkent--History.--Uzbekistan Soviet Union--History--1939-1945. Tashkent (Uzbekistan)--History. World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Soviet Union.