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Provincialiser Moscou dans les etudes sur le communisme
Provincializing Moscow in the Studies of Communism

Author(s): Jérôme Bazin
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, History of Communism
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: USSR; Sovietisation; transnational; exchanges; soft power;

Summary/Abstract: In this article we want to question the role of Moscow in the international history of Eastern European popular democracies. In comparison with studies about the relationships to the West, to the South or to other popular democracies, the current historiography underestimates the variety of exchanges between USSR and the socialist countries. We consider here the benefits of provincializing Moscow in the study of communism, in order to reintegrate Soviet presence in the history of the region.

  • Issue Year: 17/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 25-35
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: French