Space, place, and power in modern Russia : essays in the new spatial history /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bassin, Mark, Ely, Christopher David, 1963-, Stockdale, Melissa Kirschke
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Space > Social aspects > Russia > History. Space > Political aspects > Russia > History. Landscapes > Social aspects > Russia > History. Landscapes > Political aspects > Russia > History. Political culture > Russia > History. Power (Social sciences) > Russia > History. Human geography > Russia > History. Russia > History. Russia > Politics and government. Russia > Social conditions.

Table of Contents:

Geopolitical constructions of space
What is a fatherland? : changing notions of duty, rights, and belonging in Russia / Melissa K. Stockdale
Nationhood, natural regions, mestorazvitie : environmentalist discourses in classical Eurasianism / Mark Bassin
Place, space, and power
Russian route : the politics of the Petersburg-Moscow road, 1700-1800 / John Randolph
On the dance floor : royal power, class, and nationality in servile Russia / Richard Stites
Ab oriente ad ulteriorem orientem : Eugene Schuyler, Russia, and Central Asia / Patricia Herlihy
Soviet agitational vehicles : Bolsheviks in strange places / Robert Argenbright
Place, identity, and memory
Street space and political culture in St. Petersburg under Alexander II / Christopher Ely
Making and unmaking the "sacred landscape" of Orthodox Russia : identity crisis and religious politics in the Ukrainian provinces of the late Russian Empire / Sergei I. Zhuk
Dilemmas of post-Soviet identity in Vologda : a sacred landscape in Moscow's political shadow / Cathy A. Frierson
Place, memory, and the politics of identity : historical buildings and street names in Leningrad-St. Petersburg / Lisa A. Kirschenbaum.