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Dictatorship of the air: aviation culture and the fate of modern Russia

Scott W. Palmer 2007 © Cambridge University Press
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  • 9780521859578 (hardcover)
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright and Permissions
  • [Dedication]
  • [Epigraph]
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Film Clips
  • Notes on Usage
  • List of Key Terms and Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction Russia’s Culture of Flight in Historical Perspective
  • Part I Imperial Aviation, 1909–1917
    • 1 The Dawn of Russian Aviation
      • Tsars of the air in the land of the Tsars
      • Russia's passion for wings
      • Public air-mindedness and national identity in Late Imperial Russia
      • Compensatory rhetoric and aeronautical transcendence
    • 2 "The Air Fleet is the Strength of Russia"
      • Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow
      • Aviation between state and society
      • The Russian warrior
      • The marasmus of Imperial aviation
      • Flights of fancy
  • Part II The Origins and Institutions of the Soviet Air Fleet, 1917–1929
    • 3 Mandating Red Aviation
      • Continuity amid change in the history of Russia
      • "From a dictatorship of the earth to a dictatorship of the air"
      • Friends of the air fleet
      • "Aviation: instrument of the future"
    • 4 The Images and Institutions of Soviet Air-Mindedness
      • "Sovietizing" the Heavens
      • A Soviet ultimatum
      • The rhetoric and reality of compulsory volunteerism
      • Militarization, centralization, and the colossalist impulse
    • 5 Aeronautical Iconography and Political Legitimacy
      • The "turn to the village"
      • "Our religion is the airplane"
      • Aeronautical icons
      • Air-minded rituals
    • 6 Aviation in Service to the State
      • Compensatory symbolism and the politics of legitimation
      • The year of big flights
      • An aerial embassy to Europe
      • Land of the Soviets
  • Part III Soviet Aviation in the Age of Stalin, 1929–1945
    • 7 Soviet Aviation and Stalinist Culture
      • The great break
      • Technology transfer, tempos, and terror
      • The airplane-colossus
      • Stalin's route
    • 8 "Higher, Faster, Farther!"
      • Victory
      • Stalin's proud falcons
      • Stalinist aviation on the international stage
      • Crises and catastrophe on the eve of World War
    • 9 Red Phoenix
      • Operation Barbarossa
      • Russia's war
      • Red Phoenix
      • A new locus of legitimacy
      • The lasting legacy of dependence
    • 10 Red Wings on the Silver Screen: Aviation and Cinema in Soviet Russia, 1923–1939
      • [Intro]
      • Aeronautical agitki of the 1920s
      • Feature Films of the 1930s, Part I: Collectivist Visions and Civilian Aviation
      • Feature Films of the 1930s, Part II: The Fascist Threat and Military Aviation
  • Conclusion Aviation Culture and the Fate of Modern Russia
  • Appendix 1: Aviation Literature of the 1920s
    • Aviation: Instrument of the Future
    • Авиация – орудие будущего
    • The Airplane Adventures of Egor Poddevkin
    • Приключения Егора Поддевкина на самолете
    • Concerning Priestly Angst and Pains, of Locusts and of Aeroplanes
    • О поповской заботе о саранче и о самолете
  • Appendix 2: Aviation Poetry of the 1930s
    • "To Stalin"
    • "Сталину"
    • "The Three"
    • "Трое"
    • "The Three"
    • "The Friends Report to the Motherland"
    • "Друзья рапортуют родине"
    • "Warriors"
    • "Богатыри"
  • Appendix 3: Aviation Film Dialogue Lists
    • City Under Siege
    • Город под ударом
    • Gogi: The Courageous Flier
    • Гоги: отважный летчик
    • The Pilot and the Girl
    • Пилот и девушка
    • Fliers Scanned Script Pages
    • The Motherland Calls (AKA: Call to Arms)
  • [Notes]
    • Introduction
    • 1 The Dawn of Russian Aviation
    • 2 "The Air Fleet is the Strength of Russia"
    • 3 Mandating Red Aviation
    • 4 The Images and Institutions of Soviet Air-Mindedness
    • 5 Aeronautical Iconography and Political Legitimacy
    • 6 Aviation in Service to the State
    • 7 Soviet Aviation and Stalinist Culture
    • 8 "Higher, Faster, Farther!"
    • 9 Red Phoenix
    • 10 Red Wings on the Silver Screen: Aviation and Cinema in Soviet Russia, 1923–1939
    • Aviation: Instrument of the Future
    • The Airplane Adventures of Egor Poddevkin
    • "The Friends Report to the Motherland"
    • "Warriors"
  • Bibliography
    • Archival Sources
    • Periodicals
    • Primary Sources
    • Secondary Sources
  • Filmography
  • Index
    • [A-G]
    • [H-O]
    • [P-Z]
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(St. Petersburg, 1910).

The Russian Icarus. Reproduced from Aleksandr Rodnykh, Kratkii ocherk po istorii russkago vozdukhoplavaniia

Figure 1. The Russian Icarus. Reproduced from Aleksandr Rodnykh, Kratkii ocherk po istorii russkago vozdukhoplavaniia

In the second public flight of an airplane in Russia, French aviator Albert Guillaud pilots a Blériot XI monoplane at the Kolomianskoe aerodrome in St. Petersburg, November 1909.

In the second public flight of an airplane in Russia, French aviator Albert Guillaud pilots a Blériot XI monoplane at the Kolomianskoe aerodrome in St. Petersburg, November 1909.

Figure 2. In the second public flight of an airplane in Russia, French aviator Albert Guillaud pilots a Blériot XI monoplane at the Kolomianskoe aerodrome in St. Petersburg, November 1909.

Russian aviators Mikhail Efimov (left) and Lev Matsievich (right) in 1910.

Russian aviators Mikhail Efimov (left) and Lev Matsievich (right) in 1910.

Figure 3. Russian aviators Mikhail Efimov (left) and Lev Matsievich (right) in 1910.

The public funeral of Lev Matsievich in St. Petersburg, 28 September 1910.

The public funeral of Lev Matsievich in St. Petersburg, 28 September 1910.

Figure 4. The public funeral of Lev Matsievich in St. Petersburg, 28 September 1910.

Villagers greet a passing aviator during the St. Petersburg–Moscow air race, July 1911.

Villagers greet a passing aviator during the St. Petersburg–Moscow air race, July 1911.

Figure 5. Villagers greet a passing aviator during the St. Petersburg–Moscow air race, July 1911.

The Dux airplane factory in Moscow, circa 1915.

The Dux airplane factory in Moscow, circa 1915.

Figure 6. The Dux airplane factory in Moscow, circa 1915.

Igor Sikorsky’s Russian Warrior, 1913.

Igor Sikorsky’s Russian Warrior, 1913.

Figure 7. Igor Sikorsky’s Russian Warrior, 1913.

Photo courtesy Von Hardesty.

Igor Sikorsky’s Il’ia Muromets, circa 1914.

Figure 8. Igor Sikorsky’s Il’ia Muromets, circa 1914.

Photo courtesy Von Hardesty.

Inside the cabin of the Il’ia Muromets.

Figure 9. Inside the cabin of the Il’ia Muromets.

Courtesy The Hoover Institution.

“The War in the Air.” Poster, 1915.

Figure 10. “The War in the Air.” Poster, 1915.

Courtesy The Hoover Institution.

“The Heroic Exploit and Death of the Celebrated Flier Captain P. N. Nesterov.” Poster, 1915.

Figure 11. “The Heroic Exploit and Death of the Celebrated Flier Captain P. N. Nesterov.” Poster, 1915.

Russian aviators demonstrate early bombardment techniques, 1915.

Russian aviators demonstrate early bombardment techniques, 1915.

Figure 12. Russian aviators demonstrate early bombardment techniques, 1915.

Photo: The David King Collection, London.

Yuri P. Annenkov, Trotsky, 1923. Oil on canvas. Location unkown.

Figure 13. Yuri P. Annenkov, Trotsky, 1923. Oil on canvas. Location unkown.

Photo: Scott W. Palmer.

“Citizen! The Society of Friends of the Air Fleet calls you to its ranks! Come and enroll as a member of the Society!” Poster, 1923. Private collection.

Figure 14. “Citizen! The Society of Friends of the Air Fleet calls you to its ranks! Come and enroll as a member of the Society!” Poster, 1923. Private collection.

An early air-minded display sponsored by the Society of Friends of the Air-Fleet, 1923.

An early air-minded display sponsored by the Society of Friends of the Air-Fleet, 1923.

Figure 15. An early air-minded display sponsored by the Society of Friends of the Air-Fleet, 1923.

Photo: The David King Collection, London.

Cover illustration of the publication Flier: Tales and Poems, one of the many air-minded literary collections sponsored by ODVF to raise citizens’ awareness of the importance of aviation.

Figure 16. Cover illustration of the publication Flier: Tales and Poems, one of the many air-minded literary collections sponsored by ODVF to raise citizens’ awareness of the importance of aviation.

Courtesy The Hoover Institution.

“Long live the Bolshevik atheist press!” Throughout the 1920s airplanes were used as symbols and instruments in promoting the Communist Party’s “Godless” propaganda.

Figure 17. “Long live the Bolshevik atheist press!” Throughout the 1920s airplanes were used as symbols and instruments in promoting the Communist Party’s “Godless” propaganda.

Mikhail Cheremnykh, “Krokodil for the Air Fleet!” Krokodil, 15 July 1923.

Mikhail Cheremnykh, “Krokodil for the Air Fleet!” Krokodil, 15 July 1923.

Figure 18. Mikhail Cheremnykh, “Krokodil for the Air Fleet!” Krokodil, 15 July 1923.

Photo: Scott W. Palmer.

“Telephone, telegraph, postal, and radio workers! Build airplanes to further the people’s ties!” Poster, ca. 1924. Private collection.

Figure 19. “Telephone, telegraph, postal, and radio workers! Build airplanes to further the people’s ties!” Poster, ca. 1924. Private collection.

Photo: Scott W. Palmer.

“What have you done for the air fleet?” Poster, 1923. Private collection.

Figure 20. “What have you done for the air fleet?” Poster, 1923. Private collection.

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