{"product_id":"stalins-world-war-ii-evacuations-larry-e-holmes-9780700623952","title":"Stalin's World War II Evacuations: Triumph and Troubles in Kirov","description":"In the face of the German onslaught in World War II, the Soviets succeeded, as Molotov later recalled, \"in relocating to the rear virtually an entire industrial country.\" It was an official declared \"one of the greatest feats of the war.\" Focusing on the Kirov region, this book offers a different and considerably more nuanced picture of the evacuations than the typical triumphal narrative found in Soviet history. In its depiction of the complexities of the displacement and relocation of populations, \u003ci\u003eStalin's World War II Evacuations\u003c\/i\u003e also has remarkable relevance in our time of mass migrations of refugees from war-torn nations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe citizens and government of Kirov, some 500 miles northeast of Moscow, provided food, clothing, and shelter to the people and institutions that descended on the region in numbers far exceeding prewar plans or anyone's imagination. But as they continued to share their already strained resources--with adult evacuees, Leningrad's children, wounded and ill soldiers, factories, and commissariats--the people of Kirov became increasingly resentful, especially as it grew clear that the war would be prolonged, and that their guests demanded privileged treatment. Larry E. Holmes reveals how, without directly challenging the Stalinist system, they vigorously advanced their own private and regional interests. He shows that, as Kirov and Moscow pursued their respective agendas, sometimes in concert but increasingly at cross-purposes, they exposed preexisting and highly dysfunctional dimensions of Soviet governance at both the center and the periphery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dictatorial center and the periphery literally came face-to-face in the evacuation to Kirov, allowing for a new, informed understanding of the tensions inherent in the Stalinist system, and of the power politics of the wartime Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry E. Holmes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700623957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700623952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017","brand":"Larry E. Holmes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44540336242943,"sku":"9780700623952","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0a84178-6df3-4995-a2ed-85e15227c75d.jpg?v=1700587326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stalins-world-war-ii-evacuations-larry-e-holmes-9780700623952","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}