Michael Loader
Biographic Data
| ID | 5937701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Loader |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Loader |
| SIGNATURE | LOADER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Twitter (United States) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2307-5035 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Negotiating with Khrushchev’s Moscow
‘Negotiation’ with Moscow was a delicate balancing act for the leaderships of the union republics during the Khrushchev era. They had to demonstrate their fealty and ensure the Centre’s continued rule over the republic, but they also tried to push the boundaries of acceptable self-rule. This essay investigates negotiation with Moscow through the cases of two union republics, Latvia and Georgia, which differed in how confrontationally they negotia…
Soviet Studies in the Cold War and After—From Political History to History from Below
A Stalinist Purge in the Khrushchev Era? The Latvian Communist Party Purge, 1959–1963
Between 1959 and 1963, an alliance of Latvian Stalinists and Kremlin conservatives purged the Latvian Communist Party, ousting its so-called ‘national communist’ reformist wing. This article seeks to inform our understanding of the Latvian purge by comparing its processes with two previous Soviet political purges, Khrushchev's 1957 ‘Anti-Party Group’ purge and Stalin's 1937 Great Purge. Through two-step demotions, exiles, an attempt to organize a…
The death of ‘Socialism with a Latvian Face’
The purge of the Latvian national communists was the most extensive of the Khrushchev era. This article offers the first comprehensive examination of the purge, based on research in Russian and Latvian archives, and utilizing recently released Communist Party personal files. Previous works rarely proceed beyond the beginning of the purge in July 1959 or provide only a cursory overview. This article, however, identifies patterns in the purge with …
Restricting Russians
In 1956, a prominent faction within the leadership of Soviet Latvia, the Latvian national communists, launched two ambitious initiatives designed to redress perceived Stalinist Russification polices – a language law and residency restrictions. This article examines and evaluates these two policies and asks if they were part of a “Latvianization” program that deliberately targeted Russians for denial of residency permits and required Russians to g…
Beria and Khrushchev
In their battle to succeed Stalin in 1953, Lavrentii Beria and Nikita Khrushchev temporarily cooperated to launch an indigenising nationality policy in the Soviet Republics to compete for support among the non-Russian nationalities. The impact of this little known collaboration was the ‘New Course’ for the Soviet periphery. This essay examines the ‘New Course’ and its repercussions in Latvia. Moscow struggled to control the programme after it unl…
A Stalinist Purge in the Khrushchev Era? The Latvian Communist Party Purge, 1959–1963
Between 1959 and 1963, an alliance of Latvian Stalinists and Kremlin conservatives purged the Latvian Communist Party, ousting its so-called ‘national communist’ reformist wing. This article seeks to inform our understanding of the Latvian purge by comparing its processes with two previous Soviet political purges, Khrushchev's 1957 ‘Anti-Party Group’ purge and Stalin's 1937 Great Purge. Through two-step demotions, exiles, an attempt to organize a…
The death of ‘Socialism with a Latvian Face’
The purge of the Latvian national communists was the most extensive of the Khrushchev era. This article offers the first comprehensive examination of the purge, based on research in Russian and Latvian archives, and utilizing recently released Communist Party personal files. Previous works rarely proceed beyond the beginning of the purge in July 1959 or provide only a cursory overview. This article, however, identifies patterns in the purge with …
Beria and Khrushchev
In their battle to succeed Stalin in 1953, Lavrentii Beria and Nikita Khrushchev temporarily cooperated to launch an indigenising nationality policy in the Soviet Republics to compete for support among the non-Russian nationalities. The impact of this little known collaboration was the ‘New Course’ for the Soviet periphery. This essay examines the ‘New Course’ and its repercussions in Latvia. Moscow struggled to control the programme after it unl…
Restricting Russians
In 1956, a prominent faction within the leadership of Soviet Latvia, the Latvian national communists, launched two ambitious initiatives designed to redress perceived Stalinist Russification polices – a language law and residency restrictions. This article examines and evaluates these two policies and asks if they were part of a “Latvianization” program that deliberately targeted Russians for denial of residency permits and required Russians to g…
Beria and Khrushchev
In their battle to succeed Stalin in 1953, Lavrentii Beria and Nikita Khrushchev temporarily cooperated to launch an indigenising nationality policy in the Soviet Republics to compete for support among the non-Russian nationalities. The impact of this little known collaboration was the ‘New Course’ for the Soviet periphery. This essay examines the ‘New Course’ and its repercussions in Latvia. Moscow struggled to control the programme after it unl…
The death of ‘Socialism with a Latvian Face’
The purge of the Latvian national communists was the most extensive of the Khrushchev era. This article offers the first comprehensive examination of the purge, based on research in Russian and Latvian archives, and utilizing recently released Communist Party personal files. Previous works rarely proceed beyond the beginning of the purge in July 1959 or provide only a cursory overview. This article, however, identifies patterns in the purge with …
Restricting Russians
In 1956, a prominent faction within the leadership of Soviet Latvia, the Latvian national communists, launched two ambitious initiatives designed to redress perceived Stalinist Russification polices – a language law and residency restrictions. This article examines and evaluates these two policies and asks if they were part of a “Latvianization” program that deliberately targeted Russians for denial of residency permits and required Russians to g…
A Stalinist Purge in the Khrushchev Era? The Latvian Communist Party Purge, 1959–1963
Between 1959 and 1963, an alliance of Latvian Stalinists and Kremlin conservatives purged the Latvian Communist Party, ousting its so-called ‘national communist’ reformist wing. This article seeks to inform our understanding of the Latvian purge by comparing its processes with two previous Soviet political purges, Khrushchev's 1957 ‘Anti-Party Group’ purge and Stalin's 1937 Great Purge. Through two-step demotions, exiles, an attempt to organize a…
Negotiating with Khrushchev’s Moscow
‘Negotiation’ with Moscow was a delicate balancing act for the leaderships of the union republics during the Khrushchev era. They had to demonstrate their fealty and ensure the Centre’s continued rule over the republic, but they also tried to push the boundaries of acceptable self-rule. This essay investigates negotiation with Moscow through the cases of two union republics, Latvia and Georgia, which differed in how confrontationally they negotia…
Soviet Studies in the Cold War and After—From Political History to History from Below
Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (4 works) · Latvian (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Communism (3 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 works) · European history and politics (3 works)