Soviet Lithuania's Quarter Century
Title | Soviet Lithuania's Quarter Century PDF eBook |
Author | Lietuvos TSR "Žinijos" draugija |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Communism |
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A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed
Title | A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed PDF eBook |
Author | M. Steven Fish |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2017-02-09 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3319434373 |
This edited volume seeks to understand and explain the pattern of varying national and regional success in post-communist political and economic transition across the post-communist world. Despite widespread hopes for the development of vigorous democratic political systems and vibrant market economies, the outcomes of a quarter century of post-communist transition in the countries of the former communist bloc in Eurasia have been widely variant. Some have matched these hopes, including becoming full members of the EU; others have fallen far short, with political and economic systems little changed from the communist era. This collection, with an internationally respected list of contributors, addresses some of the pressing issues in political science and transition studies, ranging from theoretical overviews to the more specific nitty-gritty of contemporary politics.
The History of Lithuania
Title | The History of Lithuania PDF eBook |
Author | Alfonsas Eidintas |
Publisher | |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Lithuania |
ISBN | 9786094373275 |
Supplement to A Lithuanian Bibliography
Title | Supplement to A Lithuanian Bibliography PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Kantautas |
Publisher | University of Alberta |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780888640680 |
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The Making and Breaking of Soviet Lithuania
Title | The Making and Breaking of Soviet Lithuania PDF eBook |
Author | Violeta Davoliūtė |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2014-01-03 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134693516 |
Appearing on the world stage in 1918, Lithuania suffered numerous invasions, border changes and large scale population displacements.The successive occupations of Stalin in 1940 and Hitler in 1941, mass deportations to the Gulag and the elimination of the Jewish community in the Holocaust gave the horrors of World War II a special ferocity. Moreover, the fighting continued after 1945 with the anti-Soviet insurrection, crushed through mass deportations and forced collectivization in 1948-1951. At no point, however, did the process of national consolidation take a pause, making Lithuania an improbably representative case study of successful nation-building in this troubled region. As postwar reconstruction gained pace, ethnic Lithuanians from the countryside – the only community to remain after the war in significant numbers – were mobilized to work in the cities. They streamed into factory and university alike, creating a modern urban society, with new elites who had a surprising degree of freedom to promote national culture. This book describes how the national cultural elites constructed a Soviet Lithuanian identity against a backdrop of forced modernization in the fifties and sixties, and how they subsequently took it apart by evoking the memory of traumatic displacement in the seventies and eighties, later emerging as prominent leaders of the popular movement against Soviet rule.
The Jews of Bialystok During World War II and the Holocaust
Title | The Jews of Bialystok During World War II and the Holocaust PDF eBook |
Author | Sara Bender |
Publisher | UPNE |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781584657293 |
Jewish society as an active protagonist in the story of the Holocaust
Soviet Life
Title | Soviet Life PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 1971-07 |
Genre | Russia |
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