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Author Mijnssen, Ivo

Title The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin's Russia I : Back to Our Future! History, Modernity, and Patriotism according to Nashi, 2005-2013
Published New York : Columbia University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (269 pages)
Series Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society ; v. 114
Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society.
Contents Preface; Foreword; I Introduction; II Background and Context; Focal Points and Sources; The Soviet Collapse as Dislocation; Dislocation in Youth Politics; A New Order; Securitization in Contemporary Russia; Cultural Memory, Commemoration and Hegemony; The 60th Anniversary of Victory; Soviet and Russian Political Identities; III Russia's Youth, the Orange Revolution, and Nashi; Orange Revolution; The Orange Revolution and Russia; Taking Back the Streets; Our Victory; Patriotic Education; The Manifesto; Foreign Enemies; Domestic Enemies; Unusual Fascists
Nashi after the Orange RevolutionIV Remember! Nashi and the Bronze Soldier; History, National Identity and Ethnic Tension; The Bronze Soldier; Nashi and the First Protests; Bronze Nights; Events at the Estonian Embassy; The International Dimension; Aftermath; Victory Day 2007 and Beyond; V Seliger: The Foundry of Modernization; Seliger: The Early Years; Participant Observation at Seliger; International Youth Forum Seliger 2010; Difficult Beginnings; The Songs of Seliger; Leisure and Discipline; Lectures; Sharing Sessions; The World Outside; A Happy Ending?; VI Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book analyzes the dubious role of the Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement?Nashi" in contemporary Russia. Part of the Putinist project of political stabilization, Nashi mobilizes young Russians through its emotional appeal, skillful use of symbolic politics, and promise of professional self-realization
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Subject Anti-fascist movements -- Russia (Federation)
Youth -- Political activity -- Russia (Federation)
Youth movements -- Russia (Federation) -- History
Anti-fascist movements
Youth movements
Youth -- Political activity
Russia (Federation)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783838265780
3838265785