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Otechestvennoe Slavianovedenie: 1917 - Nachalo 1930-kh Godov

This monograph sheds light on the history of Slavic studies and its elite representatives during the sovietization of academic life, a time when totalitarian controls were put in place (1917 to early 1930s). Based on extensive correspondence of Russian slavicists, the monograph offers a representative picture of the fate of leading Slavic scholars, shows their relationship with political power, portrays newly imposed ideological restrictions on the methodology and areas of study. The analysis of personal correspondence allowed the author of this book to determine the moral and psychological state of these scholars, to trace the struggle to uphold academic traditions and to examine the problem of scholarly and moral resistance, compromise, and conformism within the academic community. Name index.