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Beria and Khrushchev: the power struggle over nationality policy and the case of Latvia / Loader, Michael

Loader, Michael	Journal Article
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In their battle to succeed Stalin in 1953, Lavrentii Beria and Nikita Khrushchev temporarily cooperated to launch an indigenising nationality policy in the Soviet Republics to compete for support among the non-Russian nationalities. The impact of this little known collaboration was the ‘New Course’ for the Soviet periphery. This essay examines the ‘New Course’ and its repercussions in Latvia. Moscow struggled to control the programme after it unleashed a wave of anti-Russian sentiment. With encouragement from nationalists in the Latvian leadership, Russian cadres were ousted from leading Party and government positions, sent back to Russia and replaced by ethnic Latvians.

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Latvia ; Nationality Policy ; Khrushchev ; Power Struggle ; Beria

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Ideology and policy : the political uses of doctrine in the Soviet Union / Thompson, Terry L

1989

Thompson Terry L	Book
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Publication	Boulder, Westvies press, 1999.
Description	viii, 220p.pbk
Series	Westview Special Studies on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
Standard Number	0813374634

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Socialism ; Ideology ; Nationality Policy ; Soviet Union - Politics and government - 1953-1989

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Seeking labour's aristocracy? The ‘Westphalian incident’ and Polish nationality policy in the immediate aftermath of war / Fleming, Michael

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2007.

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In the immediate aftermath of World War II the Polish state placed a high value on national homogeneity. The Polish Committee of National Liberation signed population exchange agreements with its socialist neighbours in September 1944 and expelled the German population who remained within the new Polish borders. Far less frequently discussed are the Polish state's efforts to persuade 'Poles' in Western Europe to move to Poland. This paper analyses how Polish policy towards 'Westphalian Poles' and the British reaction to Polish claims offer insight into both Polish and British nationality and citizenship policy in the immediate post-war period. I argue that the quality of potential labour played an important role in both British and Polish thinking. The paper also contends that the 'Westphalian incident' gives useful insights into the emergence of the Cold War

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Poland ; Post war ; Nationality Policy ; Cold War

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