Spaces of Individual and Collective Action of Volga Germans and the Relation Between Them as Presented in the Press Discourse Dating Back to 1920s and 1930s

Abstract

The subject of the analysis comprises traces of individual and collective action of Volga Germans which can be found in the press discourse dating back to 1920s and 1930s. The purpose of the discourse analysis is to capture and extract the said practices from the text structure and to interpret them in terms of social and cultural relations in the Soviet Union. The central theme of the analysis includes state-sanctioned collective anti-religious actions linked with individual actions.