The Reflection of Communist Ideology in the Street Naming Policy in Soviet Tbilisi (1922-1939)
Keywords:
toponyms, Tbilisi streets, soviet identity, communist ideology, Soviet Union, revolutionist, street naming policy, bolsheviksAbstract
This article focuses on the example of Soviet Georgia--based on the materials related to the capital Tbilisi--and presents the policy of the Soviet Union on the changing of toponyms, or assigning new names to both existing and newly-built streets, and examining how this reflected the formation of the new Soviet identity in the citizens of Soviet Tbilisi in the early Soviet period (1922-1939).
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