To Make a Village Soviet: Jehovah's Witnesses and the Transformation of a Postwar Ukrainian Borderland...

— —

Emily B. Baran

To Make a Village Soviet

Jehovah's Witnesses and the Transformation of a Postwar Ukrainian Borderland

Emily B. Baran

$73.95 $63.07

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

McGill-Queen's University Press
15 August 2022

European history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches

Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion

In June 1949 the Soviet state arrested seven farmers from the village of Bila Tserkva. Not wealthy or powerful, the men were unknown outside their community, and few had ever heard of their small, isolated village on the southwestern border of Soviet Ukraine. Nevertheless, the state decided they were dangerous traitors who threatened to undermine public order, and a regional court sentenced them to twenty-five years of imprisonment for treason.

In To Make a Village Soviet Emily Baran explores why a powerful state singled out these individuals for removal from society. Bila Tserkva had to become a space in which Soviet laws and institutions reigned supreme, yet Sovietization was an aspiration as much it was a reality. The arrested men belonged to a small and misunderstood religious minority, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and both Witnesses and their neighbours challenged the government’s attempts to fully integrate the village into socialist society. Drawing from the case file and interviews with the families of survivors, Baran argues that what happened in Bila Tserkva demonstrates the sheer ambition of the state’s plans for the Sovietization of borderland communities.

A compelling history, To Make a Village Soviet looks to Bila Tserkva to explore the power and the limits of state control – and the possibilities created by communities that resist assimilation.

By: Emily B. Baran
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780228010555
ISBN 10: 0228010551
Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion
Publication Date: 15 August 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emily B. Baran is associate professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University.

Reviews for To Make a Village Soviet: Jehovah's Witnesses and the Transformation of a Postwar Ukrainian Borderland

“This is a well-written book on a fascinating topic. Baran’s impressive ability to conduct and contextualize interviews allows her to demonstrate just how haphazard Sovietization was in the borderlands during the initial postwar period and how communities of dissenters could survive for decades alongside supposedly homogenous Soviet society. Read this book and learn from one of the best.” Serhy Yekelchyk, University of Victoria and author of Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know