Erin Hutchinson studies the Soviet Union as a multinational state and society, with a particular focus cultural and political history. Her current project explores how intellectuals, especially those of rural origins, sought to transform cultural understandings of the nation after the death of Stalin. Her research examines writers from across the Soviet Union, with a particular focus on the Soviet republics of Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, and Moldova.
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Soviet history, Soviet nationalities, nationalism, Politics of culture, rural life in the USSR
