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The Leader Cult in Communist Dictatorships: Stalin and the Eastern Bloc

By Jan C. Behrends , Polly Jones , Balázs Apor , E. A. Rees (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2004
ISBN
978-1-349-51714-5, 978-0-230-51821-6
DOI
10.1057/9780230518216
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1428708 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
IX, 298\301
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
and East European HistoryEuropean History;Modern History;RussianSoviet

Description

The first book to analyze the distinct leader cults that flourished in the era of 'High Stalinism' as an integral part of the system of dictatorial rule in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Fifteen studies explore the way in which these cults were established, their function and operation, their dissemination and reception, the place of the cults in art and literature, the exportation of the Stalin cult and its implantment in the communist states of Eastern Europe, and the impact which de-Stalinisation had on these cults.

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