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Everyday Stalinism ordinary life in extraordinary times : Soviet Russia in the 1930s /

Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN13: 9780195050011
Format: Classic Audio
Description
Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on modern Russian history. Focusing on the urban population, Fitzpatrick depicts a world of privation, overcrowding, endless lines, and broken homes, in which the regime's promises of future socialistabundance rang hollowly. We read of a government bureaucracy that often turned life into a nightmare, and of how ordinary citizens tried to circumvent it. We also read of the secret police, whose constant surveillance was endemic at this time, and the waves of terror, like the Great Purges of 1937,which periodically cast society into turmoil.
Publisher Oxford University Press
ISBN10 0195050010
ISBN13 9780195050011
Number of Pages 290
File Size DL-301MB
Shelf Number HD299
Grade Range
Ages 18 - 99
Format Audio Plus Download, EPub Download