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The Cult of Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia (Studies in Russian and East European History)

By Maureen Perrie

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2002
ISBN
0333656849, 9780333656846, 9781403919694, 1403919690
LCC
DK269.5 .P47 2001
Open Library ID
OL3946607M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1427220 bytes)
Series
Studies in Russian and East European history and society
Pages
272\272
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Ivan IV, the 16th-century tsar notorious for his reign of terror, became an unlikely national hero in the Soviet Union during the 1940s. This book traces the development of Ivan's positive image, placing it in the context of Stalin's campaign for patriotism. In addition to historians' images of Ivan, the author examines literary and artistic representations, including Sergei Eisenstein's famous film Ivan the Terrible, banned for its depiction of the tsar which was interpreted as an allegorical criticism of Stalin.

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