Stalin's Ninos : Educating Spanish Civil War Refugee Children in the Soviet Union, 1937–1951

Cover
Page i
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Illustrations, Maps, and Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. “Like Reaching Paradise after Being in Hell”: The Turbulent Transition from Spain to the USSR
	Living in Hell: Life in Republican Spain
	Troubled Evacuation While Escaping to “Paradise”
	First Encounters in the Soviet Media
	Spaniards Remember Their First Days in the Soviet Union
	Soviet Authorities’ Concerns for Child Welfare
2. “We, the Spanish, Were like an Island”: Boarding Schools and Personnel as Loci and Models of Care and Soviet Values
	Boarding Schools as Disciplinary Institutions
	The First School Years: Modelling Proper Soviet Values and Behaviour
	The Expulsion of Bad Influences
3. Obuchenie: Classroom Instruction, Patriotism, and the Instilling of Soviet Values
	Education from Spain to the Soviet Union
	History, Geography, and Patriotism
	Language and Literature, Culture and Inculcation
4. Vospitanie: Kul’turnost’ and Kruzhki as Techniques of Normative Behaviour Training
	Disciplining Time and Bodies
	Outings and Entertainment
	Film and Drama for Fun and Instruction
	Mass Political Work
5. Becoming Soviet in Traumatic Times: Life in War, 1939–1944
	The Chaos of Evacuation
	Daily Life during War-Time Evacuation
	Studying While Trying to Survive
	Discipline, Vospitanie, and Role Models
	Re-evacuation and Continued Supervision
6. No Longer Children: Transitioning to Adulthood during War and Reconstruction
	Founding of Spanish Youth Homes
	Evacuating Youth Homes
	Spanish Youth and Their Transition to Labour
	Daily Life of the “Independent” Spanish Youth
Conclusion: Life after Stalin
	Adult Lives in the USSR: Stories of Success and Socialization
	Returning to la Patria: An Uneasy Reintegration
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index