List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Origins and a Troubled History,1914-1941; Chapter 2. War and Eviction in 1941:Business as Usual?; Chapter 3. Life in Exile, 1941-1945; Chapter 4. Getting Nasty Over the Privileges of Rank; Chapter 5. The Politics of Scholarship; Chapter 6. Town and Gown; Chapter 7. Occupiers and Vandals, 1941-1945; Chapter 8. Going Home; Chapter 9. Criminal Behavior: Narkomles, 1945-1946; Chapter 10. Restoration and Recovery at Lenin and Svoboda Streets, 1945-1948; Chapter 11. Zaruchevskii Embattled, 1945-1952; Conclusion
Selected BibliographyIndex; About the Author
Summary
War, Evacuation, and the Exercise of Power examines the history of the Pedagogical Institute, located in the USSR's Kirov region from 1941 to 1952. Holmes reveals a tangled and complex relationship of local, regional, and national agencies. While it recognizes the immense strength of the center, it emphasizes a contentious diffusion, although not a confusion, of authority. In so doing, it departs from traditional models of Soviet power with their neatly drawn vertical and horizontal lines of command. It also demonstrates institutional
