Post-Soviet Nostalgia

Boele, Otto; Noordenbos, Boris; Robbe, Ksenia

doi:10.4324/9780429318931

2019

DOI: 10.4324/9780429318931

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Post-Soviet Nostalgia

Otto Boele

Boris Noordenbos

Ksenia Robbe

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United by History: Government Appropriation of Everyday Nationalism During Vladimir Putin’s Third Term

McGlynn

2020

Nationalities Papers

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During Vladimir Putin’s third presidential term, the Russian government and media’s rhetorical embrace of illiberalism, patriotism, and chauvinism was accompanied and partly facilitated by the invocation of historical precedent and “correct” historical understanding. Politicians stressed the importance of a shared historical memory to Russian national identity, rendering the interpretation of history a question of patriotism. The government and state-supportive media then used “patriotic” historical memories to legitimize government policies. Through framing analysis of three significant episodes—namely, the Ukraine Crisis, imposition of sanctions, and Russian intervention in Syria—I outline how the government and state-supportive media conflated these events with supposed historical precedents. This conflation made “patriotic” (or government-approved) history an everyday topic of discussion, but it also confused supporting government policy with celebrating historical triumph (or condemning historical tragedy). In this way, the government co-opted the emotional power of the history they invoked for the purposes of legitimizing their policies. This was compounded by the government and state-supportive media using and citing images and descriptions of ordinary people performing their patriotism in a manner that simultaneously demonstrated awareness of Russian history and support for the government.

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United by History: Government Appropriation of Everyday Nationalism During Vladimir Putin’s Third Term

McGlynn

2020

Nationalities Papers

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‘Building the Internationalist City from Below’: The Role of the Czechoslovak Industrial Cooperative “Interhelpo” in Forging Urbanity in early-Soviet Bishkek

Leupold¹

2020

Inter. Labor Working-Class Hist.

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Off to the other promised land: Western émigrés in the “first country of workers and peasants” At first glance, present-day Bishkek, the capital of Republic of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, may seem like a typical representative of the (post-)Soviet city: prefabricated, modernist-style residential buildings along the old Sovyetskaya Boulevard (today named after the Soviet-Kirghiz politician Yusup Abdrakhmanov), extensive park areas, and a grid-like street network. Yet, as the Line 2 trolleybus leaves the hectic bustle of the Osh Bazaar on Den Xiaoping Avenue, an oddly tranquil world reveals itself to the visitor: one- and two-level residential buildings with gabled roofs, mullioned windows, and massive exterior walls are unmistakably reminiscent of a small town in Central Europe. The residential area, unofficially known among local residents as “Intergel'po” is made up of Intergel'po and Trudovaya Street, which run vertically from north to south, and six smaller alleys (Mozoleva, Kumarykskaya, Yanvarskaya, Livtinova, Dimitrovna and Kensuyskaya) that run from east to west. To the east, Intergel'po borders Fuchik Park—named after the Czech communist writer Julius Fučík—while to the east, it coalesces into a new settlement area.

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“Cheerful Nonchalance” as an Affective Response to Precarity: Refusing Safety Measures in Eastern Siberia

Orlova

2021

Slavic rev.

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This article is building on the analysis of affective responses to precarious conditions to argue that one such response can be described as “cheerful nonchalance.” The village of Anosovo emerged in 1961 after the construction of the Bratsk dam on the Angara River. Many villagers were certain Anosovo was a temporary settlement from the beginning. Yet more than half a century later, Anosovo is still there, even as its population diminishes. When not only the state gives up on a place, but people also adopt a kind of blasé attitude to the risks of daily life, the affect of cheerful nonchalance comes to life to help with the living. Various affective attitudes toward precarity and uncertainty in post-Soviet realities and beyond have been described as nostalgia, “patriotism of despair,” and “cruel optimism” in post-Soviet realities and beyond. Nonchalance has been overlooked, even though it is doing the work of making life possible in a place enduring socio-economic disenfranchisement. With the use of ethnographic methods, this article shows how mundane events—such as the implementation of a polygraph test by a timber harvesting firm or a refusal to abide by safety measures like wearing seat belts—are the expressions of the affect of nonchalance.

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Post-Soviet Nostalgia

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United by History: Government Appropriation of Everyday Nationalism During Vladimir Putin’s Third Term

United by History: Government Appropriation of Everyday Nationalism During Vladimir Putin’s Third Term

‘Building the Internationalist City from Below’: The Role of the Czechoslovak Industrial Cooperative “Interhelpo” in Forging Urbanity in early-Soviet Bishkek

“Cheerful Nonchalance” as an Affective Response to Precarity: Refusing Safety Measures in Eastern Siberia

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