Russia's Regional Identities

Edith W Clowes is a Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.Gisela Erbslöh is a freelance journalist and literary critic, who has written extensively on Russian, Belorussian, and Northern Caucasian culture, history and social lifeAni Kokobobo is Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Kansas, USA.

• Introduction, Part I: Framing Russia’s Regions, 1. "The Six Waves of Russian Regionalism in European Context, 1830-2000", 2. "Provinces, Regions, Circles, Grids: How Literature Has Shaped Russian Geographical Identity", Part II: Rethinking European Russian Identities, 3. "Militarized Memory: Patriotic Re-branding in Post-Soviet Pskov", 4. "Wayfinding, Map-making and the Holy Springs of the Orel Region", 5. "‘How is Voronezh not Paris?’ City Branding in the Russian Provinces", Part III: Russian Identities in the Urals 6. "The Strange Case of a Regional Cultural Revolution: Sverdlovsk in the Perestroika Years", 7. "Enchanted Geographies: Aleksei Ivanov and the Aesthetic Management of Ural Regional Identity", Part IV: Russian Identities in Siberia, 8. "Siberian Regional Identity: Self-Perception, Solidarity, or Political Claim?", 9. "Tomsk Regional Identity and the Legacy of the Gulag and Stalinist Repression" Part V: Regional Identities outside the Orthodox Zone, 10. "National Identity in Post-Soviet Tatarstan: Orthodox Missionaries in Twenty-First Century Tatar Literature and Film", 11. "Women, Memory, and Resistance: Dealing with the Soviet Past in the Volga-Ural Region", 12. "‘Why Does Russia Need Hadji Murat’s Head?’ Hadji Murat, Dagestani Identity, and Russia’s Colonial Exploits", Afterword: "The Power of the Provinces".

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