ISBN:
9781350296244
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9781350296237
Language:
English
Pages:
137 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Porträts, Faksimiles
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20 cm
Year of publication:
2023
Series Statement:
Russian shorts
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Estraikh, Gennady The history of Birobidzhan
DDC:
957.7084
Keywords:
Vsesoi︠u︡znoe obshchestvo po zemelʹnomu ustroĭstvu trudi︠a︡shchikhsi︠a︡ evreev v SSSR History
;
Vsesoi︠u︡znoe obshchestvo po zemelʹnomu ustroĭstvu trudi︠a︡shchikhsi︠a︡ evreev v SSSR
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1900-1999
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Jews History 20th century
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Jews
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History
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Birobidzhan (Russia) History
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Evreĭskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia) History
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Russia (Federation) - Birobidzhan
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Russia (Federation) - Evreĭskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ
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Soviet Union
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Sowjetunion
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Juden
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Jüdisches Autonomes Gebiet
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Geschichte
Abstract:
Gennady Estraikh's book explores the birth, growth, demise and afterlife of the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR). The History of Birobidzhan looks at how the shtetl was widely used in Soviet propaganda as a perfect solution to the 'Jewish question', arguing that in reality, while being demographically and culturally insignificant, the JAR played a key, and essentially detrimental, role in determining Jewish rights and entitlements in the Soviet world. Estraikh brings together a broad range of Russian and Yiddish sources, including archival materials, newspaper articles, travelogues, memoirs, belles-letters, and scholarly publications, as he describes and analyses the project and its realization not in isolation, but rather in the context of developments in both domestic and international life. As well as offering an assessment of the Birobidzhan project in the contexts of Soviet and Jewish history, the book also focuses on the contemporary 'Jewish' role of the region which now has only a few thousand Jewish occupants amongst its residents
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132) and index
,
The Specter of a Jewish Republic
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Growing Pains
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Repression
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The 1940s: New Hope
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An Almost-Lost World of Jewish Life
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A Propaganda Façade
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Afterlife.
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