Stalin vs Gypsies

Roma and Political Repressions in the USSR

By (author) Elena Marushiakova By (author) Vesselin Popov

Book cover: Stalin vs Gypsies

Extent: 694 pages

Publisher: Brill | Schöningh

Subjects: Slavic Studies, Social Sciences , Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Series: Roma History and Culture

Series volume number: 3

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2024)

ISBN: 9783506790965

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $155.00

In stock

In their centuries-old history, the Roma (formerly known as Gypsies) experienced many difficult moments and cruel trials from their arrival in Europe until now. The history of the Roma in the USSR is no exception in this respect. Along with affirmative state policy towards them (at least until the end of the 1930s), they also fell victim to the massive political repressions of that time. In this book, the Roma victims of these repressions are made visible and the scale of the repressions against them is discussed. The authors describe the political repression of Roma not as an isolated historical phenomenon explicitly aimed at the Roma as a separate ethnic community but understand the events as a component of the mass terror and brutal against all Soviet citizens. In this way, the history of the Roma is inscribed in the general history of the USSR.

  • By (author) Elena Marushiakova
  • By (author) Vesselin Popov