The History of Birobidzhan : building a Soviet Jewish homeland in Siberia / Gennady Estraikh.
Author/creator |
Estra ikh, G. (Gennadi i) author. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic/Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023. |
Copyright Notice | 2023 |
Description | 137 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm. |
Subject(s) |
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Series | Russian shorts Russian shorts. ^A1452190 |
Contents | The Specter of a Jewish Republic -- Growing Pains -- Repression -- The 1940s: New Hope -- An Almost-Lost World of Jewish Life -- A Propaganda Fa cade - Afterlife. |
Abstract | Gennady Estraikh's book explores the birth, growth, demise and afterlife of the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR). The History of Birobidzhan looks at how the shtetl was widely used in Soviet propaganda as a perfect solution to the 'Jewish question', arguing that in reality, while being demographically and culturally insignificant, the JAR played a key, and essentially detrimental, role in determining Jewish rights and entitlements in the Soviet world. Estraikh brings together a broad range of Russian and Yiddish sources, including archival materials, newspaper articles, travelogues, memoirs, belles-letters, and scholarly publications, as he describes and analyses the project and its realization not in isolation, but rather in the context of developments in both domestic and international life. As well as offering an assessment of the Birobidzhan project in the contexts of Soviet and Jewish history, the book also focuses on the contemporary 'Jewish' role of the region which now has only a few thousand Jewish occupants amongst its residents. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132) and index. |
Issued in other form | Online version: Estra ikh, G. (Gennadi i). History of Birobidzhan. London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic/Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023 9781350296268 |
Genre/form | History. |
ISBN | 9781350296244 |
ISBN | 1350296244 paperback |
ISBN | 9781350296237 hardcover |
ISBN | 1350296236 hardcover |
ISBN | electronic publication |
ISBN | electronic book |
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