Stalin on Their Minds

A Comparative analysis of Public Perceptions of the Soviet Dictator in Russia and Georgia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9951964
AutoresAlexi Gugushvili (0000-0002-3933-9111, University of Oxford, autor de correspondencia), Peter Kabachnik (0000-0003-1690-172X, Department of Political Science and Global Affairs, College of Staten Island, and the Earth and Environmental Sciences Program, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Año2019
Volumen49
Número5-6
Páginas317-341
Fecha de publicación2019-09-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00207659.2019.1661559
OpenAlexW2972910026
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas62

Recently there has been a renewed focus on analyzing post-communist memory, including the revitalization of debate on contemporary public perceptions of Josef Stalin. How do Russians and Georgians judge Stalin in the post-Soviet present? What individual characteristics are the best indicators of how someone evaluates Stalin? Scholars have offered various insights into the apparent resurgence of appreciation for the late Soviet leader, including nostalgia for the Soviet period, socio-spatial variables, and political attitudes, but no comparative research on attitudes and their explanations has been attempted. Using nationally representative survey data, this study compares the perceptions of Stalin in contemporary Russia and contrasts it with how people view the Soviet dictator in Georgia, his home country. We conclude that Stalin is alive in the minds of many, both in Georgia and Russia, although for different reasons. If in Georgia the admiration of Stalin is largely explained by socio-demographic and socio-spatial variables, in Russia it is more closely related to ideological and political context

Admiration · Communism · Conscience · Context (archaeology · Dictator · Ideology · Perception · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology · Social Psychology · Soviet and Russian History