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REPLACING THE DEAD:
The Politics of Reproduction in the Postwar Soviet Union.
by Mie Nakachi
New York: Oxford University Press
2021, 348 pp.
Print ISBN-13: 9780190635138
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Motherhood, pronatalism, and the role of women have long been popular research topics for Soviet historians. This exciting new book answers an important, specific question in this field: why did a regime, which was fixated on raising the (…)
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