title: Soviet Discursive Power versus War: Agitation and Propaganda in the Blockade of Leningrad
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metadata.value: Hass, Jeffrey K.
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metadata.value: 2019-01-17T12:03:12Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-01-17T12:03:12Z
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metadata.value: 2018-12
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metadata.value: Hass J. K. Soviet Discursive Power versus War: Agitation and Propaganda in the Blockade of Leningrad, Modern History of Russia, vol. 8, no. 4, 2018, pp. 827–840.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu24.2018.402
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15278
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metadata.value: In wartime, a crucial state goal is mobilizing civilians to sacrifice for the war effort and to feel a sense
  of loyalty to state and nation, and by extension to relevant elites. All talk and efforts for creating a loyal subject of a nation (or other political entity) are put to the test in war. One extreme case of the shock and suffering of war
  was the Blockade of Leningrad, where the 872-day siege led to mass death as well as suffering and created a
  new world of survival tactics and expedient policies. The research on the agitprop in Leningrad during the Blockade
  leads to a curious conclusion. Criticizing Stalin and Bolshevism were beyond the pale—but criticizing local
  structures, procedures, and collective habits could have worked, especially if one avoided criticizing Smolny and
  did criticized in the spirit of samokritika. Yet the persistence of blaming individual motivations and psychology
  suggests a real move away from the core logic of Marxism and even Leninism. In this sense, the political culture
  of Leningrad in the Blockade and the USSR at war might have been closer to the individualism of Anglo-American
  political culture—closer than either side would want to admit.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 8; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Agitprop
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Leningrad
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Blockade
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metadata.value: Soviet Discursive Power versus War: Agitation and Propaganda in the Blockade of Leningrad
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metadata.value: Article
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