Names of large ships as a reflelection of the ideolodical and political differences between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Polish Reople´s Republic

The history of the “Soviet bloc” - a significant side of the XX century history The Bolshevik slogan about the right of nations to self-determination found a response among different peoples who were politically and economically dependent on the “great” powers. In an attempt to implement the idea of a world revolution, the Bolsheviks supported international communist organizations. Relations between Russia and Poland have always been characterized by tension and complexity. Quotes is interesting to us as an example of rhetoric, argumentation, and an illustration of the declared worldview. The apotheosis of Soviet rhetoric - “the process of socialist restructuring of agriculture in Poland takes place in conditions of acute class struggle”. The theme of continuity in the navy development draws the attention of professional historians, popularizers of military-technical problems, authors of historical and journalistic books, novelists in the genre of alternative history. The names of ships and vessels are closely connected with the life of society, represent the state, foster patriotism and national pride. We are interested in the etymology of their names, which clearly reflected the significant turn in the policy and ideology of the USSR in the autumn of 1941. The 68-bis cruisers became the largest series of cruisers in the history of the Russian-Soviet navy. Of the 21 known names, only five belong to prominent Communist Party leaders, also deceased, with two names coming from the unbuilt ships of the previous series. The other names are two monarchs of the past, two national heroes, two land commanders, five admirals - all of pre-revolutionary, pre-Soviet Russia. Three seaside towns were used. In the USSR, it would be unthinkable to name ships in honor of the monarchs of the past. In Poland, the Szczecin Shipyard named built a “royal” series of bulk cargo ships. An interesting page of Polish shipbuilding was the construction of 107 medium-sized and 28 large landing ships for the socialist countries fleets, as well as India, Algeria, Egypt, and Syria.

“Socialist camp”, history, ships, ideology, politics, names, fleet, differences, USSR, Poland, XX century

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