Red Arctic

Abstract A work of refreshing originality and vivid appeal, Red Arctic tells the story of Stalinist Russia’s massive campaign to explore and develop its Northern territories during the 1930s. Author John McCannon recounts the dramatic stories of the polar expeditions--conducted by foot, ship, and pl...

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Main Author: Mccannon, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford University PressNew York, NY 1998
Subjects:
Arctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195114362.001.0001
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780195114362.001.0001 2024-10-13T14:04:21+00:00 Red Arctic Polar Exploration And The Myth Of The North In The Soviet Union, 1932-1939 Mccannon, John 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195114362.001.0001 en eng Oxford University PressNew York, NY ISBN 9780195114362 9780197715758 edited-book 1998 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195114362.001.0001 2024-09-17T04:27:18Z Abstract A work of refreshing originality and vivid appeal, Red Arctic tells the story of Stalinist Russia’s massive campaign to explore and develop its Northern territories during the 1930s. Author John McCannon recounts the dramatic stories of the polar expeditions--conducted by foot, ship, and plane--that were the pride of Stalinist Russia, in order to expose the reality behind them: 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. Book Arctic Oxford University Press Arctic
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description Abstract A work of refreshing originality and vivid appeal, Red Arctic tells the story of Stalinist Russia’s massive campaign to explore and develop its Northern territories during the 1930s. Author John McCannon recounts the dramatic stories of the polar expeditions--conducted by foot, ship, and plane--that were the pride of Stalinist Russia, in order to expose the reality behind them: 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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