Sport and Society in the Soviet Union: The Politics of Football After Stalin

by Manfred Zeller

Book Overview

Following Stalin's death in 1953, association football clubs, as well as the informal supporter groups and communities which developed around them, were an important way for the diverse citizens of the multinational Soviet Union to express, negotiate and develop their identities, both on individual and collective levels. Manfred Zeller draws on extensive original research in Russian and Ukrainian archives, as well as interviews with spectators,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472979346
• ISBN13: 9781472979346
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"