“No specific measures of disease fighting exist”: Nikolai Semashko and the ‘inconspicuous’ epidemic of the Spanish flu in Soviet Russia (1918-1919)

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Název v původním jazyce

“No specific measures of disease fighting exist”: Nikolai Semashko and the ‘inconspicuous’ epidemic of the Spanish flu in Soviet Russia (1918-1919)

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This is article delves into the public discourse surrounding the Spanish flu in Soviet Russia, examining the influential part played by the People&apos;s Commissar of Healthcare, Nikolai Semashko, in combating the epidemic. It delineates three distinct phases of perception and media portrayal of the epidemic, as well as the array of problems and challenges that the medical establishment encountered during this period. The study posits that the nature of the discourse and the strategic response to the epidemic were significantly shaped by ideological undercurrents, with Bolshevik leadership primarily driven by political utility. The officially reported low mortality rate of the Spanish disease, relative to Russian norms of the era, provided Semashko with propagandistic ammunition to endorse the alleged superiority of Soviet governance and communist dogma.

Název v anglickém jazyce

“No specific measures of disease fighting exist”: Nikolai Semashko and the ‘inconspicuous’ epidemic of the Spanish flu in Soviet Russia (1918-1919)

Popis výsledku anglicky

This is article delves into the public discourse surrounding the Spanish flu in Soviet Russia, examining the influential part played by the People&apos;s Commissar of Healthcare, Nikolai Semashko, in combating the epidemic. It delineates three distinct phases of perception and media portrayal of the epidemic, as well as the array of problems and challenges that the medical establishment encountered during this period. The study posits that the nature of the discourse and the strategic response to the epidemic were significantly shaped by ideological undercurrents, with Bolshevik leadership primarily driven by political utility. The officially reported low mortality rate of the Spanish disease, relative to Russian norms of the era, provided Semashko with propagandistic ammunition to endorse the alleged superiority of Soviet governance and communist dogma.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Role of Historical Figures in History and Collective Memory

ISBN

978-608-4981-28-2

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Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

197-212

Název nakladatele

Institute of National History

Místo vydání

Skopje

Místo konání akce

Skopje

Datum konání akce

6. 11. 2023

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

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