Vilius Ivanauskas, “Bureaucratic Containment and Mobilisation of National Identity: The Case of Soviet Lithuania”
- Author: Russian and East European Institute
- Number of episodes: 1
- Web site: http://www.iub.edu/~reeiweb/events/2010/ivanauskas.pdf
Podcast Description:
The centralization of Soviet planning could be seen particularly in the content (plans, goals and activities) issued by central institutions. Soviet republics had to adapt to such plans and, at the local level, to launch activities supporting central projections. In the case of policies relating to the Soviet idea of ‘nation’ in the period after 1945, support of internationalism was an important expectation. This vision aimed for sovietisation, ‘rapprochement’ and ‘merging’ of the nations. Lo