Clientelism and Nationality in an Early Soviet Fiefdom: The Trials of Nestor Lakoba
In: Imperial Transformations - Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet History Ser.
Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Informal networks, nationality, and Soviet power in the periphery -- Bolshevik institutionalized authority and local "capture" -- Abkhazia - the Soviet "Riviera" -- Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba and Caucasian clientelism -- Notes -- Chapter 2: "Kiaraz" and the formation of an early Soviet ethnic leadership cohort -- National awakening and revolution -- The February and October revolutions -- The first Bolshevik attempt to seize power in Abkhazia and the "Sukhum Commune" - April-June 1918 -- The defeat of the Sukhum Commune and return to the underground -- Soviet power comes to Abkhazia - Spring 1921 -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Consolidating leadership in early Soviet Abkhazia -- Lakoba's Kiaraz-based grouping establishes its leadership position -- The break with Eshba: status vs. rents and privileges -- Ethnicity, legitimacy, and Soviet power -- Lakoba vs. "the opponents" - November 1922 -- Lakoba vs. the Alexei Agrba group - 1923-1924 -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The "Rif Revolt" -- Much ado about tobacco -- The "Abkhazian question" and the Azatyan commission -- The sparking of the "Rif Revolt" - the Gudauta meeting -- The gathering at Alaniya's apartment -- The 41 allegations -- The Beria and Stel'makh commission -- At the Presidium of the Georgian central committee -- The recall telegram and the Bakhtadze declaration -- The final showdown in Tiflis -- Lakoba triumphant -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Patronage, nationality, and Tsebelda tobacco -- Managing patrons -- Nationality and clientalism -- Tsebelda and tobacco -- A joint meeting of the Party cells -- Notes -- Chapter 6: The Mirzabekyan Commission - 1928-1929 -- The gathering storm.