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Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics

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"Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics analyses the way in which Soviet symbolism and ritual changed from the regime's birth in 1917 to its fall in 1991. Graeme Gill focuses on the symbolism in party policy and leaders' speeches, artwork and political posters, urban redevelopment,...

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Main Author: Gill, Graeme J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Kommunisticheska�i�a parti�i�a Sovetskogo So�i�uza > History.
Social change > Soviet Union > History.
Symbolism in politics > Soviet Union > History.
Political customs and rites > Soviet Union > History.
Narration (Rhetoric) > Political aspects > Soviet Union > History.
Legitimacy of governments > Soviet Union > History.
Political culture > Soviet Union > History.
Popular culture > Soviet Union > History.
Soviet Union > Politics and government.
Soviet Union > Civilization.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ideology, metanarrative, and myth
  • Formation of the metanarrative, 1917-1929
  • The Stalinist culture, 1929-1953
  • An everyday vision, 1953-1985
  • The vision implodes, 1985-1991
  • Impact of the metanarrative.

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