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THE METRO METROES: SHAPING SOVIET POST-WAR SUBJECTIVITIES IN THE LENINGRAD UNDERGROUND

Nealy, James Allen, Jr.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1404224329

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2014, Master of Arts, Miami University, History.
The thesis explores the relationship between the spatial relations of the first line of the Leningrad Metro system, completed in 1955, and subjectivity in the post-war Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Soviet subways were not simply mechanisms by which one travelled; often referred to as "underground palaces," these facilities featured art and architecture that informed passengers about the history, and the future, of the Soviet Union. Thus, the metro offers a glimpse of how the USSR conceived of itself and its position along the dialectical path to communism. I argue that the messages in the underground's walls, and the memoirs of the workers who constructed them, suggest that many of the reforms often associated with Nikita Khrushchev's Thaw period were actually well under way during Iosif Stalin's lifetime.
Stephen Norris (Advisor)
Robert Thurston (Committee Member)
Margaret Ziolkowski (Committee Member)
69 p.
History
Communism; Russia; Soviet Union; USSR; Stalin; Lenin; space; subways; public transportation; subjectivity; architecture; monuments; revolution; post-war

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  • Nealy, Jr., J. A. (2014). THE METRO METROES: SHAPING SOVIET POST-WAR SUBJECTIVITIES IN THE LENINGRAD UNDERGROUND [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1404224329

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Nealy, Jr., James. THE METRO METROES: SHAPING SOVIET POST-WAR SUBJECTIVITIES IN THE LENINGRAD UNDERGROUND. 2014. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1404224329.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Nealy, Jr., James. "THE METRO METROES: SHAPING SOVIET POST-WAR SUBJECTIVITIES IN THE LENINGRAD UNDERGROUND." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1404224329

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