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1 online resource (996 pages) |
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Longman History of Russia |
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Longman history of Russia
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Text Boxes; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; The Party and the government; Russian names; Orthography; 1. Ave Atque Vale; Why was there a coup and why did it fail?; Questions; 2. 1917: days of hope and days of despair; The peasant problem; The nobility; The bureaucracy; The Russian Orthodox Church; Capitalism in Russia; Russian philosophy; The advent of Marx; Crisis and war; The final crisis; The First World War; The February revolution; The July days |
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Why was there a February revolution?Why was there an October revolution?; Why were the Provisional Governments so weak?; Why was there no bourgeois revolution in 1917?; Questions; 3. Soviet power, terror and civil war; An historiographical overview; Building Soviet power; The Cheka; Civil war; The Comintern; The Party bans factionalism; Twelve steps towards dictatorship; Why did the Reds win the Civil War?; Why did the Whites lose the Civil War?; Questions; 4. Muslims and others and revolution; Transcaucasia; Central Asia; A federal or a unitary state?; Islam and communism; Questions |
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5. Women and revolutionThe intellectual roots of Bolshevik feminism; Women in revolution; The female Bolshevik as political agitator; The emergence of the new Bolshevik woman: 1921-29; The economic mobilisation of the 'New Women': the 1930s; 'Superwoman' and the Great Fatherland War; Questions; 6. The New Economic Policy; Five decisive issues; The General Secretary (Gensek); The scissors' crisis; Socialism in one country; The United Opposition; The Party apparatus; Was NEP in crisis in the late 1920s?; How did Stalin become top dog?; Three Marxist models; Questions; 7. Diplomats and spies |
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SpiesQuestions; 8. Society and culture; Winners and losers; Peasant resourcefulness; Culture; Cultural revolution; Why was there so much non-political intellectual diversity during the 1920s?; Questions; 9. Collectivisation: turning private peasants into state peasants; Collectivisation step by step; Dealing with the kulaks; Peasant opposition; Famine in Ukraine; Down on the farm; Kolkhoz markets; The balance sheet; Questions; 10. Industrialisation; Decision making; The battle for investment; Rationing; Stakhanovism; Control figures; Haggling; The military economy; The Politburo's dilemma |
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The shadow economyLabour; The bosses; The ever expanding government administration; The new socialist city; Homo Sovieticus; The state administration and the Party apparatus; How powerful was Stalin?; Questions; 11. Terror and the gulag; The murder of Kirov and its aftermath; Counter-revolutionary crime; Juvenile crime; The Great Terror; A fifth column; The elevation of the NKVD; Beria; NKVD tasks; Beria and football; The gulag; The impact of the war; The rehabilitation committee; An overview; Interpretations; Questions; 12. State and society; The Party renewed; The Politburo; The new society |
| Summary |
'An expert in probing mafia-type relationships in present-day Russia, Martin McCauley here offers a vigorously written scrutiny of Soviet politics and society since the days of Lenin and Stalin.'John Keep, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto. The birth of the Soviet Union surprised many; its demise amazed the whole world. How did imperial Russia give way to the Soviet Union in 1917, and why did the USSR collapse so quickly in 1991? Marxism promised paradise on earth, but the Communist Party never had true power, instead allowing Lenin and Stalin to becom |
| Notes |
Socialist realism |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317867838 |
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1317867831 |
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