[PDF] A History Of The Soviet Union From The Beginning To Its Legacy eBook

Author : Peter Kenez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 49,13 MB
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1107141052

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This updated third edition examines political, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union as well as the post-Soviet period.

Author : Peter Kenez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 34,38 MB
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1139451022

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An examination of political, social and cultural developments in the Soviet Union. The book identifies the social tensions and political inconsistencies that spurred radical change in the government of Russia, from the turn of the century to the revolution of 1917. Kenez envisions that revolution as a crisis of authority that posed the question, 'Who shall govern Russia?' This question was resolved with the creation of the Soviet Union. Kenez traces the development of the Soviet Union from the Revolution, through the 1920s, the years of the New Economic Policies and into the Stalinist order. He shows how post-Stalin Soviet leaders struggled to find ways to rule the country without using Stalin's methods but also without openly repudiating the past, and to negotiate a peaceful but antipathetic coexistence with the capitalist West. In this second edition, he also examines the post-Soviet period, tracing Russia's development up to the time of publication.

Author : James Von Geldern
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 22,95 MB
Release : 1995-12-22
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780253209696

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This anthology offers a rich array of documents, short fiction, poems, songs, plays, movie scripts, comic routines, and folklore to offer a close look at the mass culture that was consumed by millions in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1953. Both state-sponsored cultural forms and the unofficial culture that flourished beneath the surface are represented. The focus is on the entertainment genres that both shaped and reflected the social, political, and personal values of the regime and the masses. The period covered encompasses the Russian Revolution and Civil War, the mixed economy and culture of the 1920s, the tightly controlled Stalinist 1930s, the looser atmosphere of the Great Patriotic War, and the postwar era ending with the death of Stalin. Much of the material appears here in English for the first time. A companion 45-minute audio tape (ISBN 0-253-32911-6) features contemporaneous performances of fifteen popular songs of the time, with such favorites as "Bublichki," "The Blue Kerchief," and "Katyusha." Russian texts of the songs are included in the book.

Author : Samantha Smith
Publisher : Little Brown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 29,28 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Children's writings
ISBN : 9780316801751

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A ten-year-old from Maine describes her trip to Russia at the invitation of Yuri Andropov after writing him a letter expressing her fears about a nuclear war.

Author : Condoleezza Rice
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400856612

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This study of the tensions of military clientage focuses on Czechoslovakia to explore the ambiguous position of the military forces of East European countries and to show how the military's dual role as instrument of both national defense and the Soviet-controlled socialist alliance" fundamentally affects the interaction of military and political elites in Eastern Europe. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : W. Slater
Publisher : Springer
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 23,39 MB
Release : 2004-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230524400

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The Legacy of the Soviet Union offers a distillation by a group of eminent scholars of their experience of the post-Soviet years. Analysis of the post-Soviet landscape is accompanied by meditations on the impact of the post-Soviet transition on both policy-makers and academics. The book therefore examines both assumptions of 'transition' and reconsiders the experience of Soviet communism in the light of its demise.

Author : Martin Mccauley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1317867823

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'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 become dictators who ruled in its name. The failure of the planned economy to live up to expectations led to a boom in the unplanned economy, in particular the black market. In turn, this led to the growth of organised crime and corruption within the government. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union examines the strengths, weaknesses, and contradictions of the first Marxist state, and reassesses the role of power, authority and legitimacy in Soviet politics. Including first-person accounts, anecdotes, illustrations and diagrams to illustrate key concepts, McCauley provides a seminal history of twentieth-century Russia.

Author : Geoffrey A. Hosking
Publisher : Fontana Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN :

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Geoffrey Hosking traces the evolution of the Soviet political system from its revolutionary origins in 1917 to the collapse instigated by Gorbachev's perestroika.

Author : S. Frederick Starr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 32,21 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN :

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The first volume of an ambitious forthcoming series on the evolving world role of the post-Soviet successor states. Analyzes the legacy of history and its impact on the foreign relations and political identity of the new states, and examines past relations among the post-Soviet nations and other peoples. Covers Cossack mythology in the Russian-Ukranian border dispute, the rediscovery of Uzbek history, and offers Azerbaijan and Armenian perspectives. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR