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Red Arctic

A work of refreshing originality and vivid appeal, Red Arctic tells the story of Stalinist Russia`s massive campaign to explore and develop its Northern territories during the 1930s. Author John McCannon recounts the dramatic stories of the polar expeditions-conducted by foot, ship, and plane-that were the pride of Stalinist Russia, in order to expose the reality behind them: chaotic blunders, bureaucratic competition, and the eventual rise of the Gulag as the dominant force in the North. Red Arctic also traces the development of the polar-based popular culture of the decade, making use of memoirs, films, radio broadcasts, children`s books, and cultural ephemera ranging from placards to postage stamps to show how Russia`s “Arctic Myth” became an integral part of the overall socialist-realist aesthetic that animated Stalinist culture throughout the 1930s.

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