the trials of Nestor Lakoba Blauvelt, Timothy K. creator text festschrift drama gb 202 monographic eng

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xiv, 248 p. "Based on extensive original research, this book tells the astonishing story of early Soviet Abkhazia and of its leader, the charismatic Bolshevik revolutionary Nestor Lakoba. A tiny republic on the Black Sea coast of the USSR, Abkhazia became a vacation retreat for Party leaders and a major producer of tobacco. Nestor Lakoba became the unquestioned boss of Abkhazia, constructing a powerful local ethnic "machine" that became an influential component of Soviet patronage politics, engaging along the way in nepotism, corruption, blood feuds, embezzlement, racketeering, and extrajudicial murder on a scale that shocked even hardened Communist Party investigators. Lakoba and his group faced a series of trials, investigatory commissions, and tribunals over allegations of malfeasance, yet they were repeatedly able to convince their powerful patrons of their irreplaceability, until at last they were destroyed through a public show trial during the peak of the Stalinist Terror. Through the prism of tiny Abkhazia, this book provides invaluable insights into the nature of the early Soviet system and the governance of Soviet national republics"-- "Kiaraz" and the Formation of an Early Soviet Leadership -- Cohort -- Consolidating Leadership in Soviet Abkhazia -- The "Rif Revolt" -- Patronage, Nationality, and Tsebelda Tobacco -- The Mirzabekyan Commission - 1928- -- The Deluge - 1929- -- The 1930s and Changing Circumstances -- Lakoba's Final Trial -- Identity, Contestation and Memory. Timothy Blauvelt. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-gs--- Lakoba, N. A. (Nestor Apollonovich) 1893-1936 Political corruption Georgia (Republic) Abkhazia History 20th century Communists Georgia (Republic) Abkhazia Biography Trials (Misconduct in office) Georgia (Republic) Abkhazia History 20th century Ethnicity Political aspects Georgia (Republic) Abkhazia History 20th century Abkhazia (Georgia) Politics and government 20th century Abkhazia (Georgia) History 20th century აფხაზეთი(საქართველო) -ისტორია - მე-20 ს. ნესტორ ლაკობა, საბჭოთა აფხაზეთის ლიდერი - ცხოვრება და მიღვაწეობა DK679.A25 B58 2021 947.58 94(479.224) Blauvelt, Timothy K. London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 (DLC) 2020055249 9781032010007 2020055248 DLC 201229 20220830091325.0 21854170 eng