Chechnya at war and beyond /

"The Russia-Chechen wars have had an extraordinarily destructive impact on the communities and on the trajectories of personal lives in the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya. This book presents in-depth analysis of the Chechen conflicts and their consequences on Chechen society. It discusses...

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Group Author: Le Huérou, Anne (Editor); Merlin, Aude (Editor); Regamey, Amandine (Editor); Sieca-Kozlowski, Elisabeth (Editor)
Published: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group,
Publisher Address: London ; New York :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 56
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Summary: "The Russia-Chechen wars have had an extraordinarily destructive impact on the communities and on the trajectories of personal lives in the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya. This book presents in-depth analysis of the Chechen conflicts and their consequences on Chechen society. It discusses the nature of the violence, examines the dramatic changes which have taken place in society, in the economy and in religion, and surveys current developments, including how the conflict is being remembered and how Chechnya is reconstructed and governed"--
Carrier Form: xii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780415744898 (hardback) :
041574489X (hardback)
Index Number: DK511
CLC: K512.9
Call Number: K512.9/C514
Contents: Introduction (by co-editors) -- Part 1. Traces of war : between remembrance and erasing -- Grozny as it was before the War : Remembrance and Reconciliation in "Virtual" and "Real" Post-Soviet Communities / Walter Sperling -- Remembering and forgetting in Chechnya today : using the Great Patriotic War to create a new Historical Narrative / Aude Merlin -- Victims and heroes : Commemorating the Russian military casualties in the Chechen conflicts / Natalya Danilova -- Reconstruction in Chechnya, at the intersection between politics and the economy / Musa Basnukaev -- Part 2. State and non-State rationales of violence -- State and Violence in Chechnya : 1997-1999 / Ekaterina Sokirianskaya ...