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OverviewDuring his reign, Joseph Stalin oversaw the forced resettlement of people by the millions – a maniacal passion that he used for social engineering. The Soviets were not the first to thrust resettlement on its population – a major characteristic of totalitarian systems – but in terms of sheer numbers, technologies used to deport people and the lawlessness which accompanied it, Stalin’s process was the most notable. Six million people of different social, ethnic, and professions were resettled before Stalin's death. Even today, the aftermath of such deportations largely predetermines events which take place in the northern Caucasus, Crimea, the Baltic republics, Moldavia, and western Ukraine. Polian's volume is the first attempt to comprehensively examine the history of forced and semi-voluntary population movements within or organized by the Soviet Union. Contents range from the early 1920s to the rehabilitation of repressed nationalities in the 1990s, dealing with internal (kulaks, ethnic and political deportations) and international forced migrations (German internees and occupied territories). An abundance of facts, figures, tables, maps, and an exhaustively-detailed annex will serve as important sources for further researches. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pavel Polian (Senior Researcher, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, and the NS-Documentation Center in Cologne, Germany)Publisher: Central European University Press Imprint: Central European University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.591kg ISBN: 9789639241732ISBN 10: 9639241733 Pages: 444 Publication Date: 15 October 2003 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Foreword to the English Edition Introduction Forced Migrations: Pre-History and Classification Part I Forced migrations within the USSR Forced Migrations before the Second World War (1919–1939) Forced Migrations during and after the Second World War (1939–1953) Patterns of Deported Peoples' Settlement, and Rehabilitation Process Part II international Forced migrations Internment and Deportation of German Civilians from European Countries to the USSR Employment of Labor of German Civilians from European Countries in the USSR, and their Repatriation In lieu of a Conclusion: Geo-demographic Scale and Repercussions of Forced Migrations in the USSR Afterword (By Anatoly Vishnevsky) Supplements Bibliography Glossay of Russian Terms Abbreviations Index of Personal Names Index of Geographical NamesReviewsThis big book is a milestone in he publication in English of materials relating to the forced displacement of population in twentieth century Russia. ... Polian covers a huge amount of ground. His impressive scholarly compendium will be an important resource for students of the subject who wish to obtain reliable information on deportations and to analyze it in order to reach their own conluisons. To this extent Polian's careful study has placed scholars of modern Russian history considerably in his debt. - European Review of History The sheer magnitude, inhumane nature, and geographical layout of the deportations documented in Polian's book are mind-boggling. The following historical parallel from a 1923 article by Osip Mandel'shtam, quoted in the book, comes in handy: Egyptian builders treat the human mass as the material that has to be sufficient and supplied in any quantity (90). Polian's book is a must for all those interested in the nature and quintessential inner workings of totalitarian political regimes. - Slavic review This big book is a milestone in he publication in English of materials relating to the forced displacement of population in twentieth century Russia. ... Polian covers a huge amount of ground. His impressive scholarly compendium will be an important resource for students of the subject who wish to obtain reliable information on deportations and to analyze it in order to reach their own conluisons. To this extent Polian's careful study has placed scholars of modern Russian history considerably in his debt. * European Review of History * The sheer magnitude, inhumane nature, and geographical layout of the deportations documented in Polian's book are mind-boggling. The following historical parallel from a 1923 article by Osip Mandel'shtam, quoted in the book, comes in handy: Egyptian builders treat the human mass as the material that has to be sufficient and supplied in any quantity (90). Polian's book is a must for all those interested in the nature and quintessential inner workings of totalitarian political regimes. * Slavic Review * Author InformationPavel Polian is senior researcher at the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, and at the NS-Documentation Center in Cologne, Germany. Geographer, historian and philologist, Polian is top authority on forced migrations, forced labor and the prisoners of war during the WWII, as well as Jewish emigration from the USSR. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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