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