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The Far Eastern Railway in the 1930s
Relations and Reactions to the Repressions in the USSR
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Elena Gnatovskaya
Elena Gnatovskaya
Associate Professor, Primorye State Agricultural Academy, Russia
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Associate Professor, Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service, Russia kimaa9@gmail.com
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Abstract
This article evaluates the relationship among the railroad staff of the Far East during the most dramatic events in the political life of the country at that time—repressions. As a rule, Russian academic literature indicates that few workers perceived the Soviet state's mechanisms of pressure negatively. This article demonstrates that the railroad staff's position was far more diverse than traditionally argued, which is a result of the broad variety of social groups working for the railroad in the Far East. The article demonstrates this diversity of opinions by focusing on those events that affected a significant number of railroad workers.
Contributor Notes
Elena Gnatovskaya is associate professor at the Department of Philosophy and Social-Humanitarian Disciplines at the Primorye State Agricultural Academy, Russian Federation. Her research interests include Russian history, cultural studies, and history of the Far East. She is the author of several monographs, textbooks, and presentations, including Mezhdu trudnom i politikoi: povsednevnaia zhizn’ Dal'nevostochnykh zheleznodorozhnikov v 1930-1950 gg. (2011) and Istoriia Dal'nego Vostoka (2008).
Alexander Kim is associate professor at the Department of International Relations and Law at the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service, Vladivostok, Russian Federation. His research interests include history of Eurasia, archeology, ethnography, social studies, international relations, and history of science. He is the author of more than 30 journal articles, including recent publications in Anthropology and Archaeology of Eurasia, Central Asiatic Journal, Asian Ethnicity, and The Historian. Email: kimaa9@gmail.com.