Demobilized veterans in late Stalinist Leningrad : soldiers to civilians /

Demobilized veterans in late Stalinist Leningrad : soldiers to civilians /

This book investigates the demobilization and post-war readjustment of Red Army veterans in Leningrad and its environs after the Great Patriotic War. Over 300,000 soldiers were stood down in this war-ravaged region between July 1945 and 1948. They found the transition to civilian life more challengi...

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Online toegang:Electronic book from EBSCO
Hoofdauteur: Dale, Robert, 1980-
Formaat: E-boek
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in:London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Onderwerpen:
Soviet Union. > Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a > Demobilization > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg.
Veterans > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History, Military > 20th century.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Soviet Union > History > 1925-1953.
Inhoudsopgave:
  • The troops come home
  • "Homes for heroes" : veterans and the postwar housing crisis
  • "As in battle, as in labour" : the remobilization of demobilized veterans
  • Wounds that would not heal : disability, health and trauma
  • Disorderly demobilization : veterans and postwar crime
  • Demobilizing the mind : veterans, politics and memory.

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