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The History of Birobidzhan
Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia
The History of Birobidzhan
Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia
Description
Gennady Estraikh's book explores the birth, growth, demise and afterlife of the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR). The History of Birobidzhan looks at how the shtetl was widely used in Soviet propaganda as a perfect solution to the 'Jewish question', arguing that in reality, while being demographically and culturally insignificant, the JAR played a key, and essentially detrimental, role in determining Jewish rights and entitlements in the Soviet world.
Estraikh brings together a broad range of Russian and Yiddish sources, including archival materials, newspaper articles, travelogues, memoirs, belles-letters, and scholarly publications, as he describes and analyses the project and its realization not in isolation, but rather in the context of developments in both domestic and international life.
As well as offering an assessment of the Birobidzhan project in the contexts of Soviet and Jewish history, the book also focuses on the contemporary 'Jewish' role of the region which now has only a few thousand Jewish occupants amongst its residents.
Table of Contents
1. The Spectre of a Jewish Republic
2. Growing Pains
3. The Repression
4. The 1940s: New Hope
5. An Almost-Lost World of Jewish Life
6. A Propaganda Facade
7. Afterlife
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 23 Feb 2023 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 152 |
| ISBN | 9781350296251 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 8 bw illus |
| Series | Russian Shorts |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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