Title: Intellectuals and apparatchiks : Russian nationalism and the Gorbachev revolution /
Authors: O'Connor, Kevin, 1967-
Publisher: Lexington Books,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Nationalism and communism Soviet Union.; Perestroĭka.; Minorities Government policy Soviet Union; Soviet Union Politics and government
Abstract: "In this study, Kevin O'Connor traces the origins and activities of an influential alliance of conservative Communist Party authorities and Russian nationalists during the late Soviet era. Specifically, O'Connor examines the evolving relationship between conservative Communists and the burgeoning Russian nationalist movement as the Soviet state faced its terminal crisis. By focusing on the perestroika period, this study explains in detail how Marxism-Leninism receded into irrelevance, forcing many orthodox Communists to shed their Marxist principles in favor of Russian nationalist positions."--Jacket.
Contents: Russians, the RSFSR, and Soviet nationalities policy, 1917-1953 -- Russian nationalism, russification, and the rise of the "Russian party," 1953-1985 -- Writers : an opposition in embryo, 1986-1988 -- The Ligachev line, 1986-1988 -- "Russophobia" : perestroika and the Russian question -- A consolidating force : creating a Russian Communist Party -- The apparatchiks' party -- A word to the people -- "Russia to the exit!"