CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Kovalchuk, Iaroslav |
|---|---|
| Title | Simultaneous Sovietization and Ukrainization of Transcarpathia in 1944-45 |
| Summary | Transcarpathia was a contested region on the Western slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in the first half of the 20th century. Various nationalist movements and political powers claimed it as a part of their projects, and its population faced multiple political regimes in the 1910s-1940s. Only the Soviet Union radically fixed its Ukrainian affiliation and made this region part of Ukraine till these days. In particular, the first year of the Bolshevik rule in 1944-45 had to deal with the complex political composition of the region and integrate it into the Soviet Union. This thesis explores the role of nationality policy in the Sovietization of Transcarpathia as part of the general approach of the Soviet Union, as well as adjustments to the local peculiarities. I rely mainly on Terry Martin’s model of affirmative action empire, which he developed for the Soviet Union in the 1920s-30s, applying it to the Transcarpathian case. I focus on the local policies and discourses regarding integration to the Soviet Ukraine. I claim that Ukrainization of the region with adjustments to the local status of Russians and Hungarians aimed to transform region to fit Soviet institutional design and make further radical economic and political transformations more palatable. |
| Supervisor | Kovacs, Maria ; Voronovici, Alexandr |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/kovalchuk_iaroslav.pdf |
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