Soviet patriotism
Soviet patriotism is the socialist patriotism involving emotional and cultural attachment of the Soviet people to the Soviet Union as their homeland.[1] It is also referred to as Soviet nationalism.[2]
Manifestation in the Soviet Union
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Stalin emphasized a
Nikita Khrushchev moved the Soviet government's policies away from Stalin's reliance on Russian nationalism.[3] Khrushchev promoted the notion of the people of the Soviet Union as being a supranational "Soviet People" that became state policy after 1961.[5] This did not mean that individual ethnic groups lost their separate identities or were to be assimilated but instead promoted a "brotherly alliance" of nations that intended to make ethnic differences irrelevant.[6] At the same time, Soviet education emphasized an "internationalist" orientation.[6] Many non-Russian Soviet people suspected this "Sovietization" to be a cover for a new episode of "Russification", in particular because learning the Russian language was made a mandatory part of Soviet education, and because the Soviet government encouraged ethnic Russians to move outside of Russia and settle in other Soviet republics.[6]
Efforts to achieve a united Soviet identity were severely damaged by the severe
Socialist patriotism and bourgeois nationalism
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Under the outlook of
Contemporary
Contemporary Soviet patriotism
In modern day Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is often said to follow the ideology of Soviet patriotism.[8]
In many post-Soviet states such as Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Kazakhstan and others, there exists
See also
- Neo-Sovietism
- Propaganda in the Soviet Union § Patriotism
- Sovietization
- Soviet imperialism
References
- ^ a b The Current digest of the Soviet press , Volume 39, Issues 1-26. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 1987. Pp. 7.
- ISBN 978-0-300-19847-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Motyl 2001, pp. 501.
- ISBN 978-0-674-97582-8.
- ^ Motyl 2001, pp. 501–502.
- ^ a b c d e Motyl 2001, pp. 502.
- ^ Christopher Read. Lenin: a revolutionary life. Digital Printing Edition. Oxon, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Routledge, 2006. Pp. 115.
- ^ Bozóki & Ishiyama, p245
- ^ "Ностальгия по СССР" [Nostalgia for the USSR] (in Russian). levada.ru. 19 December 2018.
- ^ Maza, Christina (19 December 2018). "Russia vs. Ukraine: More Russians Want the Soviet Union and Communism Back Amid Continued Tensions". Newsweek. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-12-227230-7.