History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union

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Stalin’s Railroad

Stalin’s Railroad

Turksib and the Building of Socialism

Matthew Payne details the building and impact of the Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, one of the major construction projects of Stalin’s first Five Year Plan.

Provincial Landscapes

Provincial Landscapes

Local Dimensions of Soviet Power, 1917–1953

This collection of essays dedicated to recovering the local aspects of Soviet history is sure to force a major reevaluation of the nation’s first thirty-five years.

From Darkness To Light

From Darkness To Light

Class, Consciousness, & Salvation In Revolutionary

In this interdisciplinary and controversial work, Igal Halfin takes an original and provocative stance on Marxist theory, and attempts to break down the divisions between history, philosophy, and literary theory.

Models Of Nature

Models Of Nature

Ecology, Conservation, and Cultural Revolution in Soviet Russia

Models of Nature studies the early and turbulent years of the Soviet conservation movement from the October Revolution to the mid-1930s—Lenin’s rule to the rise of Stalin. This new edition includes an afterword by the author that reflects upon the study’s impact and discusses advances in the field since the book was first published.

Big Business In Russia

Big Business In Russia

A highly original study of the Putilov Works—the most famous industrial conglomerate in the Russian Empire during the late 19th century, and a major challenge to conventional wisdom on the nature of the Russian economy in the years before the Bolshevik revolution.

Factory and Community in Stalin’s Russia

Factory and Community in Stalin’s Russia

The Making of an Industrial Working Class

Kenneth Straus contemplates the question: Was there social support for the Stalin regime among the Soviet working class during the 1930s, and if so, why? In his well-researched answer he analyzes the daily lives of Soviet workers, and compares the ideologies of western and Soviet thought.

Songs of the Serbian People

Songs of the Serbian People

From the Collections of Vuk Karadzic

In the early nineteenth century Serb scholar Vuk Karadzic collected and published now classic transcriptions of Balkan oral poetry. This edition, by taking great care to preserve the unique meter and rhythm at the heart of Serbian oral poetry as well as the idiom of the original singers, offers the most complete and authoritative translations ever assembled in English.

The Thaw Generation

The Thaw Generation

Coming of Age in the Post-Stalin Era

Winner of the 2009 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

An insider’s look at the Soviet dissident movement—the intellectuals who, during the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras, dared to challenge an oppressive system and demand the rights guaranteed by the Soviet constitution. Fired from their jobs, hunted by the KGB, “tried,” and imprisoned, Alexeyeva and other activists, through their dedication and sacrifices, focused international attention on thuman rights in the USSR.

Troubled Waters

Troubled Waters

Origins of the 1881 Anti-Jewish Pogroms in Russia

Aronson refutes the widely-held belief that the anti-Jewish pogroms of 1881 in Russia were supported by the Czar, or those within his inner circle. He instead looks to social, economic and political forces of the time, and recounts the fateful events of this year in great detail.

The Truth of Authority

The Truth of Authority

Ideology and Communication in the Soviet Union

Thomas Remington views the methods used by the Communist Party in official communications to Soviet society during the 1970s and 1980s.

Perceptions and Behavior in Soviet Foreign Policy

Perceptions and Behavior in Soviet Foreign Policy

This book discerns Soviet leaders’ views of the United States and sees them in relation to foreign policy statements and actions.

Building Socialism in Bolshevik Russia

Building Socialism in Bolshevik Russia

Ideology and Industrial Organization, 1917-1921

A profile of the Bolshevik attempt to build a a new state by mobilizing the working class, in effect building society, that in the end resulted in failed institutions and weakened bureaucracy.

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