| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 391 pages) |
| Contents |
The Ukrainian years, 1894-1949 / Iurii Shapoval -- The rise to power / Nikolai Barsukov -- The rivalry with Malenkov / Elena Zubkova -- Repression and rehabilitation / Vladimir Naumov -- Khrushchev and the countryside / Anatolii Strelianyi -- Industrial management and economic reform under Khrushchev / William J. Tompson -- Cultural codes of the thaw / Nancy Condee -- Popular responses to Khrushchev / Iurii Aksiutin -- The making of Soviet foreign policy / Oleg Troyanovsky -- The military-industrial complex, 1953-1964 / Sergei Khrushchev -- The case of divided Germany, 1953-1964 / Vladislav Zubok -- Khrushchev and Gorbachev: a Russian view / Georgii Shakhnazarov -- Khrushchev and Gorbachev: an American view / Peter Reddaway |
| Summary |
Thanks to Soviet secrecy, little was known about former premier Khrushchev during his career or after his ousting. Since the collapse of the USSR, archives have been declassified, allowing access to his memoirs and those of witnesses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-378) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
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| SUBJECT |
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 fast |
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Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism.
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Heads of state
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Politics and government
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Partijleiders.
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| SUBJECT |
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125849
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| Subject |
Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Taubman, William, editor.
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Khrushchev, Sergeĭ, editor.
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Gleason, Abbott, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780300128093 |
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0300128096 |
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128172999X |
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9781281729996 |
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9786611729998 |
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6611729992 |
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