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Author:   Li Bennich-Björkman ,  Saulius Grybkauskas
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
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9781032155470

ISBN 10:   1032155477
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   25 September 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction Li Bennich-Björkman and Saulius Grybkauskas 1. Purging in the Khrushchev era: ‘Red cardinals’ and nationalism in the Soviet Republics Michael Loader 2. The formation and development of the Soviet Latvian Nomenklatura: Path dependency, cleavages, and imposed unanimity Daina Bleiere 3. Patterns of succession: Top party elite recruitment in Soviet Moldavia and centre-periphery relations, 1940-1991 Igor Casu 4. The transformist: The evolution and adaptability of Sharaf Rashidov’s regime in Soviet Uzbekistan Riccardo Mario Cucciolla 5. The Belarusian Soviet nomenklatura: A political history, 1947-1994 Andrei Kazakevich 6. The Soviet nomenklatura and cultural opposition during the Brezhnev period in Lithuania Saulius Grybkauskas 7. Ukraine: Falling in and out of Moscow’s grace Li Bennich-Björkman 8. Between centre and periphery: The Gamsakhurdia and Kostava affair Timothy K. Blauvelt 9. Pragmatic political practice: The Estonian Communist Party, the intelligentsia, and Moscow Li Bennich-Björkman

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Li Bennich-Björkman is Johan Skytte Professor in Eloquence and Political Science at the University of Uppsala, Sweden Saulius Grybkauskas is a Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director for Academic Affairs at the Lithuanian Institute of History

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