Soviet and Russian anti-(Ukrainian) nationalism and re-Stalinization

Bibliographic Data

ID6180759
AuthorsTaras Kuzio (0000-0002-5888-3892, University of Alberta, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume49
Issue1
Pages87-99
Publication date2016-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.12.005
OpenAlexW2237660372
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited33

The term ‘fascist’ has been misused by both the Soviet totalitarian system and Russian authoritarian nationalist militocracy to such an extent that it is detached from scholarly understanding and openly manipulated for political purposes. In Vladimir Putin’s Russia World the term ‘fascist’ is manipulated even further by political technology and massive state control of television that spews Ukrainophobic and anti-Western xenophobic propaganda. The article investigates a hitherto under-researched field of Tsarist, Soviet and Russian continuity in the denigration of ‘Ukrainian nationalism’ that goes back as far as the early 18th century. The article focuses on the Soviet and post-Soviet eras by showing how the growth of Russian nationalism, ‘conservative values’ and anti(Ukrainian)nationalism has taken place during specific periods that have combined re-Stalinization through the glorification of Joseph Stalin and downplaying and ignoring of his mass crimes against humanity with anti-Western xenophobia. Putin’s re-Stalinization is therefore in line with a tradition that requires domestic and external enemies to sustain the authoritarian nationalist militocracy

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Economic history · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Ukrainian · Xenophobia · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · Law · Philosophy · Soviet and Russian History