Ivan IV, the 16th-century tsar notorious for his reign of terror, became an unlikely national hero in the Soviet Union during the 1940s. This book traces the development of Ivan's positive image, placing it in the context of Stalin's campaign for patriotism. In addition to historians' images of Ivan, the author examines literary and artistic representations, including Sergei Eisenstein's famous film Ivan the Terrible, banned for its depiction of the tsar which was interpreted as an allegorical criticism of Stalin.
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"This intriguing interdisciplinary study of the Stalin years deserves to be read widely."--David Brandenberger, Russian Review
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Maureen Perrie is Professor of Russian History, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham.
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This review is from: The Cult of Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia (Studies in Russian & Eastern European History) (Kindle Edition)
Superb example of scholarship. Perrie is an expert on Ivan the Terrible and Soviet culture/politics, and in this study she throughly examines the reinvention and reinterpretation of the tsar in the Soviet Union. It is fascinating and very well-researched. It might not be ideal for the recreational reader, but I have found it invaluable to my dissertation.
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Following the predominance of Pokrovskii's views during the period of the 'cultural revolution', a sea change occurred in approaches to Russian history in the USSR from the middle of the 1930s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
boyar treason, literary screenplay, istoricheskoi kontseptsii, struggle against treason, higher education textbook, boyar plot, textbook competition, feudal fragmentation, bourgeois historiography, first tsar, military monarchy, service nobility Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ivan Groznyi, Ivan the Terrible, Livonian War, Peter the Great, Alexander Nevskii, Stalin's Russia, Tsar Ivan, Red Army, Central Committee, Institute of History, Aleksei Tolstoi, Ivan Vasil'evich, Soviet Union, Artistic Council, Dmitrii Donskoi, Aleksandrova Sloboda, Comrade Stalin, Time of Troubles, Emil Ludwig, Malyi Theatre, Malyuta Skuratov, Nizhnii Novgorod, First World War, Ivan Susanin, Red Square New!
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Following the predominance of Pokrovskii's views during the period of the 'cultural revolution', a sea change occurred in approaches to Russian history in the USSR from the middle of the 1930s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
boyar treason, literary screenplay, istoricheskoi kontseptsii, struggle against treason, higher education textbook, boyar plot, textbook competition, feudal fragmentation, bourgeois historiography, first tsar, military monarchy, service nobility Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ivan Groznyi, Ivan the Terrible, Livonian War, Peter the Great, Alexander Nevskii, Stalin's Russia, Tsar Ivan, Red Army, Central Committee, Institute of History, Aleksei Tolstoi, Ivan Vasil'evich, Soviet Union, Artistic Council, Dmitrii Donskoi, Aleksandrova Sloboda, Comrade Stalin, Time of Troubles, Emil Ludwig, Malyi Theatre, Malyuta Skuratov, Nizhnii Novgorod, First World War, Ivan Susanin, Red Square New!
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- Ivan the Terrible (Pts. 1-3) by Sergei Eisenstein on 21 pages
- Peter The Great by Alexei Tolstoy on 13 pages
- Ivan the Terrible by Maureen Perrie on 4 pages
- Knowing British History: The First World War v. 9 by S.L. Case on page 50, and page 63
- SOVIET UNION 2E CL/ DAVIES by Davies in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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