Belonging to Greece and the Soviet Union: Greeks of Tashkent, 1949-1974

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dc.contributor.advisorGekas, Athanasios
dc.creatorLampropoulos, Elaina Maria
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T15:02:14Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T15:02:14Z
dc.date.copyright2014-09-30
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T15:02:14Z
dc.degree.disciplineHistory
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis illustrates the narrative of the Greek political refugees of Tashkent and seeks to recognize their Greek and Soviet identity. By examining the public and private spaces of Greek political refugees in Soviet Tashkent between 1949-1974, the thesis identifies the beliefs, symbols and practices, which reveal the hybridity of Greek-Soviet identity. Research was based on oral histories and Greek-language newspapers published during the period as well as on memoirs of Greeks who lived in Tashkent. This will aid our understanding of the collective memory and homemaking narrative of the Greek experience in Soviet Tashkent. The collective narrative of Greeks of Tashkent was very positive and idealized. Greeks legitimized their settlement in Tashkent by defending Soviet ideology and contributing to and developing Soviet society. The homemaking narrative allowed Greeks to belong to the imagined Greek Soviet Community, the imagined Soviet community and the imagined Greek community.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/29918
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectHistory
dc.subject.keywordsPolitical refugees
dc.subject.keywordsGreeks
dc.subject.keywordsTashkent
dc.subject.keywordsGreek civil war
dc.subject.keywordsGreek diaspora
dc.subject.keywordsPhilotimo
dc.subject.keywordsFilotimo
dc.subject.keywordsHomemaking narrative
dc.subject.keywordsGreek identity
dc.subject.keywordsGreekness
dc.subject.keywordsSoviet identity
dc.subject.keywordsSoviet Union
dc.subject.keywordsKKE
dc.subject.keywordsKOT
dc.subject.keywordsKET
dc.subject.keywordsGreek Communist Party
dc.subject.keywordsCollective narrative
dc.subject.keywordsPublic space
dc.subject.keywordsPrivate spaces
dc.subject.keywordsImagined community
dc.subject.keywordsImagined communities
dc.subject.keywordsSymbols
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity formation
dc.titleBelonging to Greece and the Soviet Union: Greeks of Tashkent, 1949-1974
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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