Bringing Stalin Back In: Memory Politics and the Creation of a Useable Past in Putin's Russia

By Todd H Nelson

This book examines the favorable portrayal of Stalin in Russia today. Putin and he political elite have co-opted the processes of discourse formulation in Russian society, using these to advance positive perceptions of Stalin, while exercising control over the arenas in which any sort of alternative narratives on Stalinism might emerge.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498591523
• ISBN13: 9781498591522
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"