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“The Soviet Government Approves of Our Religion”: Yezidism in Soviet Cinema

Angelika O. Pobedonostseva-Kaya · 2022

Catalogue summary

Focusing on Zare and Yezidi Kurds, the article explores how Soviet Armenian cinema represented Yezidi religion, ritual, Kurdish identity, national-minority policy, revolutionary assimilation, and interwar nation building.

Why this matters

The films provide an early visual archive for studying how Armenia's largest Yezidi community was categorized and narrated under Soviet cultural policy.

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Published in

Oriental Courier

Year

2022

Language

English

DOI

10.18254/s268684310023761-5

Citation

Angelika O. Pobedonostseva-Kaya 2022. “The Soviet Government Approves of Our Religion”: Yezidism in Soviet Cinema. Oriental Courier. https://doi.org/10.18254/s268684310023761-5

Topics

Religion and church history Education, youth, and media Society, science, and public health

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