The Stalin Era

A wide ranging history of every aspect of Stalin's dictatorship over the peoples of the Soviet Union. It places the man and his ideology into context both within pre-Revolutionary Russia, Lenin's Soviet Union and post-Stalinist Russia.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Interpreting the Stalin era; Chapter 2 From Lenin to Stalin; Chapter 3 Collectivisation; Chapter 4 Industrialisation; Chapter 5 Terror; Chapter 6 Government; Chapter 7 Stalin: the man and the cult; Chapter 8 The Second World War; Chapter 9 Education and science; Chapter 10 The family; Chapter 11 Religion: The Russian Orthodox Church; Chapter 12 The artist and the state; Chapter 13 The problem of ends and means; Chapter 14 Overview;

About the author

Philip Boobbyer is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is author of S.L. Frank: the Life and Work of a Russian Philosopher, 1877-1950 (Ohio University Press, 1995).

Summary

A wide ranging history of every aspect of Stalin's dictatorship over the peoples of the Soviet Union. It places the man and his ideology into context both within pre-Revolutionary Russia, Lenin's Soviet Union and post-Stalinist Russia.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Boobbyer, Boobbyer Philip
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2000
• EAN: 9780415182973
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18297-3
• No. of pages: 270
• Weight: 589 g
• Series: Routledge Sources in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political leaders & leadership, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Political leaders and leadership, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial