Book

The impact of Soviet policies in Armenia

E. J. BrillLeiden • Published In 1962 • Pages:

By: Matossian, Mary Allerton Kilbourne.

Abstract
At the end of the First World War, Russian (Eastern) Armenia became a Soviet Socialist Republic and Western Armenia was ceded to Turkey as the culmination to mass deportations and massacres of its Armenian population, giving rise to a powerful Armenian nationalist movement. This book focuses on two strategies through which Soviet officials attempted to address this problem. The first was a political program of recruiting communists from the ranks of Armenian intellectuals and ethnic politicians. The second was modernizing traditional Armenian institutions by enforcing use of the Russian language, promoting Marxism, secularizing state structures, and organizing smallholder farmers into collectives and/or having them work for government-controlled enterprises. While highly successful in transforming traditional Armenian economy and administrative practices, these policies failed to replace Armenian identity and political aspirations with a sense of belonging to the Soviet Union or a global socialist community.
Subjects
Aftermath of combat
Form and rules of government
Political movements
Revolution
External relations
Political parties
Political intrigue
Social relationships and groups
Classes
Religious denominations
Priesthood
Religious experience
Cooperative organization
Labor relations
Household
Family relationships
Status of adolescents
Adolescent activities
Education system
Educational theory and methods
Techniques of socialization
Real property
Inter-ethnic relations
Research and development
Economic planning and development
Speech
Verbal arts
History
culture
Armenia
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Caucasus
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Historian
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi A. Adem
Field Date
1957
Coverage Date
1921–1957
Coverage Place
Armenia
Notes
By Mary Kilbourne Matossian
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-239)
LCCN
63024054
LCSH
Armenia--History