To the Tashkent station
Subtitle: evacuation and survival in the Soviet Union at war, 1941-1946
By: Rebecca Manley.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780801447396
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Soviet Union; Refugees -- Uzbekistan -- Tashkent -- History; Soviet Union -- History -- 1939-1945; Tashkent (Uzbekistan) -- History
Description: Based on previously unexploited archival collections in Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, this book offers a novel look at a war that transformed the lives of several generations of Soviet citizens.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Conceiving evacuation : from refugee to evacuee; title: The official mind of evacuation : policy in the wake of the invasion; title: Evacuations in practice; title: Popular responses; title: The journey east; title: Survival on the Tashkent front; title: "Our war" in Tashkent; title: The return; title: Conclusion : the memory and meaning of evacuation.