Lenin Lives!: The Lenin Cult in Soviet RussiaWas the deification of Lenin a show of spontaneous affection--or a planned political operation designed to solidify the revolution with the masses? This book provides a startling answer. Exploring the cult's mystical, historical, and political aspects, Tumarkin demonstrates the galvanizing power of ritual in the establishment of the post-revolutionary regime. In a new Preface and Postscript, she brings the story up to date, considering the fall of the Soviet Union and Russia's new democracy. |
Contents
Vladimir Ilich UlianovLenin | 24 |
Lenin and the Bolshevik Myth 19171922 | 64 |
Illness and Immortality | 112 |
The Nation Mourns | 134 |
The Body and the Shrine | 165 |
Lenins Life After Death | 207 |
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