Conceiving evacuation : from refugee to evacuee -- The official mind of evacuation : policy in the wake of the invasion -- Evacuations in practice -- Popular responses -- The journey east -- Survival on the Tashkent front -- "Our war" in Tashkent -- The return -- Conclusion : the memory and meaning of evacuation
Summary
Based on previously unexploited archival collections in Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, this book offers a novel look at a war that transformed the lives of several generations of Soviet citizens
