Title Tracing the atom : nuclear legacies in Russia and Central Asia / edited by Susanne Bauer and Tanja Penter

Published London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe Contents Tracing the atom. Nuclear legacies in Russia and Central Asia / Susanne Bauer and Tanja Penter -- The nuclear landscape as a garden. An envirotechnical history of Shevchenko/Aqtau, 1959-2019 / Stefan Guth -- Radiation expertise in the nuclear landscapes of the Southern Urals in the 1950s and 1960s / Laura Sembritzki -- Between profession and politics : specialists in radiation medicine at the Combine No. 817 in the Chelyabinsk Region / Olga Nikonova -- Nuclear relationalities : contextualizing the uranium mining and production sites in Khujand/Leninabad / Sophie Roche -- The satanic cosmic force : nuclear arms technology in Soviet fiction / Bettina Kaibach -- The legal heritage of the atom : dealing with victims of radioactive contamination in the post-Soviet space / Tanja Penter -- Witnesses to radioactive contamination / Eva Castringius -- Fallout memory trajectories at Semipalatinsk : reassembling the post-Soviet past / Susanne Bauer Summary "This book is about nuclear legacies in Russia and Central Asia, focusing on selected sites of the Soviet atomic program, many of which have remained understudied. Nuclear operations, for energy or military purposes, demanded a vast infrastructure of production and supply chains that have transformed entire regions. In following the material traces of the atomic programs, contributors pay particular attention to memory practices and memorialization concerning nuclear legacies. Tracing the Atom foregrounds historical and contemporary engagements with nuclear politics: How have institutions and governments responded to the legacies of the atomic era? How do communities and artists articulate concerns over radioactive matters? What was the role of radiation expertise in a broader Soviet and international context of the Cold War? Examining nuclear legacies together with past atomic futures and post-Soviet memory and nuclear heritage, sheds light on how modes of knowing intersect with livelihoods, compensation policies, and historiography. Bringing together a range of disciplines - history, science and technology studies, social anthropology, literary studies, and art history - this volume offers insights that broaden our understanding of 20th century atomic programs and their long aftermaths"-- Provided by publisher Analysis Chelyabinsk Region Chernobyl Khujand/Leninabad nuclear war Semipalatinsk the Southern Urals Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Nuclear industry -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union -- History Nuclear industry -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- History Nuclear industry -- Social aspects -- Asia, Central -- History Memory -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation) Memory -- Social aspects -- Asia, Central Memorialization -- Russia (Federation) Memorialization -- Asia, Central Cold War. HISTORY / General. HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. HISTORY / World. Nuclear industry -- Social aspects Memory -- Social aspects Memorialization Soviet Union Russia (Federation) Central Asia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Bauer, Susanne, 1969- editor. Penter, Tanja, editor LC no. 2021054172 ISBN 9781003246893 1003246893 9781000578010 1000578011 9781000578003 1000578003

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