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Subject(s)

• Politics and culture—Azerbaijan—History—20th century [Browse]
• Ethnicity—Political aspects—Azerbaijan—History—20th century [Browse]
• Social change—Azerbaijan—History—20th century [Browse]
• Imperialism—History—20th century [Browse]
• Azerbaijan—Politics and government—20th century [Browse]
• Azerbaijan—Social conditions—20th century [Browse]
• Azerbaijan—Cultural policy [Browse]
• Soviet Union—Cultural policy [Browse]
• Azerbaijan—Relations—Soviet Union [Browse]
• Soviet Union—Relations—Azerbaijan [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 27. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 27 [More in this series]

Summary note

"The early Soviet Union's 'nationalities policy' involved the formation of many national republics, within which 'nation building' and 'modernization' were undertaken for the benefit of 'backward' peoples. This book, in considering how such policies were implemented in Azerbaijan, argues that the Soviet policies were in fact a form of imperialism, with 'nation building' and 'modernization' imposed firmly along Soviet lines. The book demonstrates that in Azerbaijan, and more widely among western Turkic peoples, the Volga and Crimean Tatars, there were before the onset of Soviet rule long standing, well developed, forward looking, secular, national movements, which were not at all 'backward' and which had different visions to the Soviets. The book shows how in the period 1920 to 1940 the two different visions competed with each other, with eventually the pre-Soviet vision of Azerbaijani culture losing out, and the Soviet version prevailing. The book examines the details of this Sovietization of culture: in language policy and the change of the alphabet, in education, higher education and in literature. The book concludes by exploring how pre-Soviet Azerbaijani culture survived to a degree underground, and how it was partially rehabilitated after the death of Stalin and more fully in the late Soviet period"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index.

Contents

• The Azerbaijani Enlightenment: constructing and disseminating a Turkic identity
• Soviet cultural policies, 1920-40: modernization or imperialism?
• Dotting the I's: alphabet change and language reform in Soviet Azerbaijan
• Schools: educating citizens or "human material"?
• Scholarship meets voch-tech: the continuous purge
• The end of laughter: proletarian literature is born
• Conclusion: the parallax view of Azerbaijan's culture wars.

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ISBN

• 9781138639003 ((hardback))
• 1138639001 ((hardback))

LCCN

2015049689

OCLC

933587952

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