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1 online resource (364 pages) |
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Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION; PREFACE; SELECT CHRONOLOGY; MAP OF MAGNITOGORSK; 1 The Steel Cage: The Politics of Economic Restructuring; 2 Glasnost: A City Newspaper Rises, a Theater Declines; 3 Squaring the Circle: Reform of and by the Communist Party; Photographs; 4 "Is Life Going to Go on like This Forever?" Hopes Raised, Then Lowered; 5 Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! Regeneration through Elections?; 6 A Stalin Mausoleum: The Past in the Present; AFTERWORD; EPILOGUE; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
No one, not even Mikhail Gorbachev, anticipated what was in store when the Soviet Union embarked in the 1980s on a radical course of long-overdue structural reform. The consequences of that momentous decision, which set in motion a transformation eventually affecting the entire postwar world order, are here chronicled from inside a previously forbidden Soviet city, Magnitogorsk. Built under Stalin and championed by him as a showcase of socialism, the city remained closed to Western scrutiny until four years ago, when Stephen Kotkin became the first American to live there in nearly half a centu |
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academic |
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american history |
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communism |
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cultural history |
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dictator |
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economics |
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economy |
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elections |
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gorbachev |
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journalism |
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newspaper |
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political |
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politics |
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russia |
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russian culture |
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russian history |
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scholarly |
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socialism |
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soviet russia |
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soviet society |
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soviet union |
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stalin |
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steel workers |
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steel |
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true story |
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united states history |
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us history |
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ussr |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Perestroĭka -- Russia (Federation) -- Magnitogorsk
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Perestroĭka
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Politics and government
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Magnitogorsk (Russia) -- Politics and government
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86004555
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Russia (Federation) -- Magnitogorsk
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Soviet Union
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
90011310 |
| ISBN |
9780520911000 |
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0520911008 |
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9781280080784 |
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1280080787 |
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