A Lost World

Evgeniy Voyskunskiy’s Maiden Dreams , the Karabakh Crisis, and the End of Old Baku

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11049013
AutoresM M Mamedov (0009-0000-8343-934X, Georgetown University, autor de correspondencia), Mikail Mamedov
Año2019
Volumen47
Número6
Páginas1013-1029
Fecha de publicación2019-11-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/nps.2019.44
OpenAlexW2981730694
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas15

This article examines the first novel about the Karabakh crisis and ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population in the city of Baku. Maiden Dreams ( Devich’i Sny ), published in 1995, was written by Evgeniy Voyskunskiy, an author born in Baku and generally known for science fiction novels. The novel explores the tragic fate of the city, and it includes stories of persecution and pogroms against the Armenian population in Azerbaijan in the late 1980s and early 1990s in light of the Karabakh conflict. Maiden Dreams is the story of Baku from the beginning of the 20th century to the turbulent period late in the century when violence and ethnic cleansing had transformed the cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic capital into a homogeneous city with no space for “others.” This article examines the novel from both literary and historical perspectives

Ancient history · Armenian · Capital (architecture · Capital city · Ethnic Cleansing · Ethnic group · Geography · Homogeneous · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Demography · History · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Soviet and Russian History · Turkey's Politics and Society

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