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Author Seibert, Theodor, author

Title Red Russia / Theodor Seibert ; translated from the third edition by Eden and Cedar Paul
Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018

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Series Routledge library editions. Early Western responses to Soviet Russia ; volume 15
Routledge library editions. Early Western responses to Soviet Russia ; v. 15
Contents Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the English Translation; Abbreviations Frequently Used in the Text; Contents; Book One: Do We Know Russia?; Chapter One: The Fancy Picture Of Pre-Revolutionary Russia; 1. Holy Russia; 2. Russia As Depicted By Russian Novelists; 3. The Intelligentsia; 4· Petersburg; 5. The Flashlight Of The Revolution; Chapter Two: The Country And Its Inhabitants; 1. The Russian Plain; 2. Nomadic Blood; 3. Passive Fraternity; 4· Tsarism
5. Nicholas IIChapter Three: The Fancy Picture Of Contemporary Russia; 1. The Passing Visitor; 2. How Not To Learn. About Russia; 3. Working-Class Delegations; 4· Other Intermezzi; Book Two: The Bolshevik State; Chapter Four: The State Of Forty-Seven States; 1. A Motley Population; 2. Singular Sovereignty; 3. Cultural Autonomy; 4· National Tensions; 5. Russian Jewry; 6. Antisemitism; 7. Dangers; Chapter Five: Decorative Democracy; 1. The Proletarian Class-State; 2. The Soviet Idea; 3. Soviet Suffrage; 4. Soviet Play-Acting; 5. Filtered State Authority; 6. Soviets And The Party
7. Party Control8. Soviet Democracy Is Window-Dressing; Chapter Six: The Visage Of The Party; 1. Not A Mass Party; 2. Not A Workers' Party; 3. A Party Of Professional Revolutionists; 4· Structure; 5. The Political Bureau And The Secretariat; Chapter Seven: The Bolsheviks At Home; 1. Movement Or Stagnation?; 2. A New Language; 3. Dogmas; 4. Red Pharisaism; 5. Dismissal, Arrest, Banishment; 6. Muzzling; 7. Siberia Once More; 8. A Satire; 9· Undeclared War; I0. The Right Opposition; 11. Stalin; 12. Parasites?; 13. Party Members; 14· The New Ruling Class; 15. Purges; 16. The Red Card
Chapter Eight: The Divine Right Of The Bolsheviks1. Suppression Of Free Political Life; 2. The Old Church; 3. Sectarianism; 4· The Epoch Of Toleration; 5. The Living Church; 6. The New God; 7. Intensification Of The War On Religion; 8. The Atheistic Calendar; 9. Persecution Of Priests; Book Three: Training Of The Mass-Man; Chapter Nine: The State And The Family; 1. The Religious Citizen; 2. Family Feeling As A Conservative Force; 3· Bolshevik Fathers; 4. Immorality Of The Young; 5. Lack Of Housing Accommodation; 6. ""Liberated"" Woman; 7. Red Clubs
Chapter Ten: The Fight For The Rising Generation1. Food-Providers, Not Parents; 2. The Pupil Is Master; 3· Politgramota -- 4. Shakespeare And The Other German Composers -- 5. Young-Communist Militancy; 6. Penury Among Schoolteachers; 7. Soviet Universities; 8. Rabfacs -- 9. Student Life In Soviet Russia; 10. Illiteracy; Book Four: Culture As A Wholesale Product; Chapter Eleven: The Party And Science; 1. Obsession Of Numbers; 2. A False Comparison; 3. Scientific Achievements; 4· A Blow With The Fist; 5. Lunacharsky At The Helm; 6. Ruthless Dismissals Of Professors
Notes Originally published in German in 1931 under the title 'Das rote Russland, Staat, Geist und Alltag der Bolschewiki' by Knorr and Hirth. originally published in England in 1932 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd
Subject Communism -- Soviet Union.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Communism
Economic history
Politics and government
SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125845
Soviet Union -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125725
Subject Soviet Union
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351624503
1351624504