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Description edit
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 shows how living conditions and day-to-day practices changed dramatically with "Stalin's Revolution" at the beginning of the... read more
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People edit
- Josef Stalin: Add a description of this character.
- Mikhail Kalinin
- Vladimir Lenin
- Andrei Vyshinsky: Deputy chairman, Council of Ministers
- Klim Voroshilov
- Sergei Kirov
- Maxim Gorky
- Lev Kamanev
- Anastas Mikoyan
- Sergo Ordzhonikidze
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Elena Bonner
- Grigory Zinoviev
- Pavel Postyshev
- Mikhail Bulgakov
- Otto Schmidt
- Dobychin
- Makarenko
- Zharenov
- Nikolaev
- Katia
- Konstantin
First Sentence edit
Few histories of everyday life start with a chapter on government and bureaucracy.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 "The Party Is Already Right"
2 Hard Times
3 Palaces on Monday
4 The Magic Tablecloth
5 Insulted and Injured
6 Family Problems
7 Conversations and Listeners
8 A Time of Troubles
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Series & Lists edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sheila Fitzpatrick (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: Great Britain & USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0195050002
Page Count: 298
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: Great Britain & USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0195050002
Page Count: 298
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: HN523 .F57 1999
- Dewey: 947
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Political Doctrines › Marxism
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Anthropology › Cultural
- Books › History › World › 20th Century
- Books › History › Europe › Russia
- Books › History › Russia
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