An edition of Red Arctic (1998)

Red Arctic

polar exploration and the myth of the north in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939

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An edition of Red Arctic (1998)

Red Arctic

polar exploration and the myth of the north in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939

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Red Arctic chronicles the history of Stalinist Russia's massive campaign to explore and develop its Northern territories during the 1930s. Author John McCannon draws upon groundbreaking archival research to recount the dramatic stories of the polar expeditions - oceanic voyages, aerial rescues, and record-breaking flights - that became the pride of Stalin's Soviet Union.

McCannon also exposes the reality behind these exploits: chaotic blunders, bureaucratic competition, and the eventual rise of the GULAG as the dominant force in the North.

Red Arctic also traces the development of the polar-based popular culture of the decade, making use of memoirs, films, radio broadcasts, children's books, and cultural ephemera ranging from placards to postage stamps to show how Russia's "Arctic myth" became an integral part of the overall socialist-realist aesthetic that animated Stalinist culture throughout the 1930s.

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Language
English
Pages
234

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
947
Library of Congress
DK501.5 .M38 1998, DK501.5.M38 1998, DK501.5 .M38 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 234 p. ;
Number of pages
234

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL668168M
Internet Archive
redarcticpolarex00mcca
ISBN 10
0195114361
LCCN
97013937
OCLC/WorldCat
36656545
Library Thing
547371
Goodreads
1374314

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