TY - BOOK AU - Hasanli,Jamil TI - Khrushchev's thaw and national identity in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1954-1959 T2 - The Harvard cold war studies book series SN - 9781498508148 AV - DK697.3 .H3747 2015 U1 - 947.5408/52 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, KW - Nationalism KW - Azerbaijan KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Communism KW - Social change KW - Nationalisme KW - Azerbaïdjan KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - HISTORY KW - Europe KW - Eastern KW - bisacsh KW - Former Soviet Republics KW - Russia & the Former Soviet Union KW - fast KW - Economic policy KW - International relations KW - Politics and government KW - Social policy KW - Relations KW - Soviet Union KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Politique économique KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; In a tangle of old problems : first steps of new leaders of Azerbaijan -- The 20th Congress of the CPSU and Soviet republics of the South Caucasus -- Enactment of the law on state language of Azerbaijan -- Deeping of political crisis in the leadership of Azerbaijan -- The year 1957 : aggravation of contradictions in the Soviet leadership and Azerbaijan -- Transformation of national policy into a key factor of society's development -- Attempts of party bodies to strengthen control in ideology -- Summer 1959 : Moscow's interference and change of leadership in Azerbaijan N2 - Jamil Hasanli's research on 1950s' Azerbaijan sheds light on the watershed period in Soviet history while also furnishing the reader with a greater understanding of the root causes of the dissolution of the USSR UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=931034 ER -