The influence of Soviet ideology on the culture of small nations of European Russia (on the example of Permian Komi literature)

• Authors: Mihail Ceropita
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses the development of national and Soviet discourses in Permian Komi literature from 1920 to 1980. It examines in detail the main milestones of the dominance of either national or Soviet discourses in Permian Komi literature and establishes the pattern of alternating domination. By the end of the 1920s, when Permian Komi literature was emerging, it was dominated by a national discourse, reinforced by the state policy of indigenization. The situation changed after the political purges and the Great Terror of 1937–1938, which resulted in the arrest and execution of writers Andrei Zubov, Mikhail Likhachev, and other representatives of the local elite. All this shocked Permian Komi intellectuals, who, under pressure from Moscow, began to promote a pro-Soviet, internationalist discourse. The national discourse revived again in the wake of the Khrushchev Thaw, but the early 1970s saw its decline. However, the Soviet discourse that attempted to replace it was also very weak in terms of its influence on Permian Komi literature and worsened the situation. This crisis became especially noticeable during perestroika.

Keywords

EN

Komi; Permian Komi; Sovietization; Indigenisation; Soviet ideology; nation-building

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 111
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 167-192
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mihail Ceropita

• Slovanský přehled, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic