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The Great War in Russian Memory
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Karen Petrone shatters the notion that World War I was a forgotten war inthe Soviet Union. Although never officially commemorated, the Great War was thesubject of a lively discourse about religion, heroism, violence, and patriotismduring the interwar period. Using memoirs, literature, films, military histories, and archival materials, Petrone reconstructs Soviet ideas regarding the motivationsfor fighting, the justification for killing, the nature of the enemy, and thequalities of a hero. She reveals how some of these ideas undermined Soviet notionsof military honor and patriotism while others reinforced them. As the politicalculture changed and war with Germany loomed during the Stalinist 1930s, internationalist voices were silenced and a nationalist view of Russian militaryheroism and patriotism prevailed.
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