Soviet Daghestan In Foreign Historiography
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At the crossroads of East and West, the mountain republic of Daghestan has long captured the imagination of foreign scholars — yet M. A. Daniyalov argues that their accounts have been riddled with distortion, ideological bias, and outright misrepresentation. Soviet Daghestan in Foreign Historiography presents a rigorous Soviet-era rebuttal to Western and émigré historiography, systematically dismantling the narratives constructed by foreign academics about this ethnically diverse and strategically vital region of the Caucasus. Daniyalov chronicles the socioeconomic and cultural transformation of Daghestan under Soviet rule, marshalling documentary evidence to counter claims made in bourgeois and nationalist scholarship. Writing from within the Marxist-Leninist intellectual tradition, Daniyalov illustrates how historiography itself becomes a battleground of ideology, where the framing of history serves political ends. The work stands as a compelling primary document of Cold War-era Soviet scholarship — at once a defence of Soviet nation-building and a window into the methodological wars waged across the Iron Curtain. For students of Caucasian history, Soviet historiography, and the politics of knowledge, this rare volume raises a question that remains urgent: who gets to write the history of a people, and to what end?
Author: M. A. Daniyalov
Format: Paperback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At the crossroads of East and West, the mountain republic of Daghestan has long captured the imagination of foreign scholars — yet M. A. Daniyalov argues that their accounts have been riddled with distortion, ideological bias, and outright misrepresentation. Soviet Daghestan in Foreign Historiography presents a rigorous Soviet-era rebuttal to Western and émigré historiography, systematically dismantling the narratives constructed by foreign academics about this ethnically diverse and strategically vital region of the Caucasus. Daniyalov chronicles the socioeconomic and cultural transformation of Daghestan under Soviet rule, marshalling documentary evidence to counter claims made in bourgeois and nationalist scholarship. Writing from within the Marxist-Leninist intellectual tradition, Daniyalov illustrates how historiography itself becomes a battleground of ideology, where the framing of history serves political ends. The work stands as a compelling primary document of Cold War-era Soviet scholarship — at once a defence of Soviet nation-building and a window into the methodological wars waged across the Iron Curtain. For students of Caucasian history, Soviet historiography, and the politics of knowledge, this rare volume raises a question that remains urgent: who gets to write the history of a people, and to what end?