Making Martyrs, The Language of Sacrifice in Russian Culture from Stalin to Putin (Review)

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2019-01-01

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Pamir Dietrich, Ayşe

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A. Pamir Dietrich, “Making Martyrs, The Language of Sacrifice in Russian Culture from Stalin to Putin (Review),” 2019, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://www.ijors.net/issue8_1_2019/reviews/adietrich.html.