Stalin and Russia, 1924-1953
Stalin and Russia, 1924-1953

Author: Niall Rothnie

Publisher: VCTA

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 9780333529775

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A text for the student to gain knowledge about primary sources in the study of history.

Policing Stalin's Socialism
Policing Stalin's Socialism

Author: David R. Shearer

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 0300156227

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Policing Stalin's Socialism is one of the first books to emphasize the importance of social order repression by Stalin's Soviet regime in contrast to the traditional emphasis of historians on political repression. Based on extensive examination of new archival materials, David Shearer finds that most repression during the Stalinist dictatorship of the 1930s was against marginal social groups such as petty criminals, deviant youth, sectarians, and the unemployed and unproductive. It was because Soviet leaders regarded social disorder as more of a danger to the state than political opposition that they instituted a new form of class war to defend themselves against this perceived threat. Despite the combined work of the political and civil police the efforts to cleanse society failed; this failure set the stage for the massive purges that decimated the country in the late 1930s.

Stalin's Russia, 1924-53
Stalin's Russia, 1924-53

Author: Michael Lynch

Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780340965894

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Revised and updated for the 2008 AQA and Edexcel AS specifications.

Stalin and the Lubianka
Stalin and the Lubianka

Author: David R. Shearer

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 0300171897

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This fascinating documentary history is the first English-language exploration of Joseph Stalin's relationship with, and manipulation of, the Soviet political police. The story follows the changing functions, organization, and fortunes of the political police and security organs from the early 1920s until Stalin’s death in 1953, and it provides documented detail about how Stalin used these organs to achieve and maintain undisputed power. Although written as a narrative, it includes translations of more than 170 documents from Soviet archives.

Stalin and the Soviet Union
Stalin and the Soviet Union

Author: Josh Brooman

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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Trotsky - Collectives & Kulaks - Five year plans - Labour camps - Purges - Show trials.

AS Edexcel History, Stalin's Russia
AS Edexcel History, Stalin's Russia

Author: Robin Bunce

Publisher: Hodder Education

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781444152074

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Unlock your full potential with this revision guide which focuses on the key content and skills you need to know for Edexcel AS History: Stalin's Russia, 1924-53. Written by experienced teachers, this series closely combines the content of Edexcel AS History: Stalin's Russia, 1924-53 with revision activities and advice on exam technique. Each section has a model answer with exam tips for you to analyse and better understand what is required in the exam. - Makes revision manageable by condensing topics into easy-to-revise chunks- Encourages active revision by closely combining content with a variety of different activities- Helps improve exam technique through tailor-made activities and plenty of guidance on how to answer questions- Includes access to quick quizzes at www.hodderplus.co.uk/myrevisionnotes CONTENTS: Section 1: The struggle for power 1924-29 The contenders for power Powerbases Ideology: the great industrialisation debate Ideology: foreign policy Making and breaking alliances Devious tactics Exam focus Section 2: Transforming the Soviet Union - collectivisation and industrialisation Causes of modernisation Collectivisation and its consequences First Five-Year Plan (1928-1932) Second Five-Year Plan (1933-1938) Third Five-Year Plan (1938-1941) The Great Retreat: women The Great Retreat: family and education Exam focus Section 3: Persecution and control - the totalitarian regime Causes of the Great Terror Moscow show trials Yezhovshchina The impact of the Terror Socialist realism Cult of Personality Exam focus Section 4: The making of a superpower - the impact of the Second World War The coming of the war Cost of the war Reasons for victory: Russia at war Reasons for victory: military campaigns and Allied support Superpower Exam focus

Mass Culture in Soviet Russia
Mass Culture in Soviet Russia

Author: James Von Geldern

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1995-12-22

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 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.