In late 1949 city officials stretched a banner that read 'SEVASTOPOLIANS! What have you done for the restoration of your hometown ' across one of the most heavily travelled streets in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol. It...
During their 400-mile walk from Málaga to Valencia, the five Molinas children, ages six to thirteen, endured lethal attack from land and air. Having already lost one of her children to the war, their mother decided to send her...
Published as: Qualls, Karl D. "From Hooligans to Disciplined Students: Displacement, Resettlement, and Role Modelling of Spanish Civil War Children in the Soviet Union, 1937-51." In Displaced Children in Russia and Eastern...
"The chief thing is the happy conviction that you carry away with you--the conviction that Sevastopol cannot be taken, and not only that it cannot be taken, but that it is impossible to shake the spirit of the Russian people...
Published as: Qualls, Karl D. "The Russian Revolutions: The Impact and Limitations of Western Influence." In Russia and Western Civilization: Cultural and Historical Encounters , edited by Russell Bova, 113-41. Armonk, N.Y:...
This collection has been designed to be a visual complement to Stalin’s Niños, which examines how the Soviet Union raised and educated nearly 3,000 child refugees of the Spanish Civil War. It includes photographs of daily life,...
"Sevastopol-City of Glory" and "Hero-City Sevastopol" adorn books, posters, buses and trolleys in the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine. The ubiquitous image of heroism and glory is neither new nor passively remembered. During two...
This author pre-print is made available on Dickinson Scholar with the permission of the publisher. For more information on the published version, visit Brill's Website., With the approval of Admiral Oktriabrskii (Commander of...
“Создание и реконструкция памяти города-героя: Севастополь, 1944–2004” in Поздний Сталинизм и эпоха Н.С Хрущева в Советском Союзе (St. Petersburg, Russia: St. Petersburg State University, 2010).