{"product_id":"9781666971606","title":"Branding of the Red Dragon 1937-1939 in BSSR","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBranding of the Red Dragon\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003e1937-1939 in BSSR\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIryna Ramanava | Denis Tyshinsky\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ World \/ Russian \u0026amp; Former Soviet Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book examines the relationships between the peasantry and the authorities; both central and local ones; through the prism of the political events of 1937–1939.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the All-Union Census of the USSR many facts of evading and resisting the census were recorded. The greatest concern of the authorities was caused by the events in the Lepel district of the BSSR; where about 250 people refused to participate in the census for religious reasons. Officials labelled them as silentiaries or members of the Red Dragon sect. Unexpectedly; however; all the district leaders appeared in the dock. They were declared guilty of undermining the authority of Soviet power. In 1937–1939 a number of local officials were brought to trial all over the USSR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIryna Ramanava argues that in 1937; after a massive study of public opinion the authorities realized that the peasantry was still a considerable force and may refuse to play according to the rules of new Constitution in the mock grassroots democracy. Urgent measures were needed to reassert power. This book attempts to reconstruct the events of 1937-1939 as urgently taken measures for this reassertion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIryna Ramanava\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at the European Humanities University (Vilnius) and the Head of the Center for Belarus and Regional Studies at EHU.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666971606\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e226\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331933634700,"sku":"9781666971606","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_6c698c93-cc81-4281-9a9a-64fd72364696.jpg?v=1783600437","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781666971606","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}