Stalinism as a Way of Life: A Narrative in Documents (Annals of Communism Series)
Siegelbaum, Lewis H.
ISBN 10: 0300084803 ISBN 13: 9780300084801
Published by Yale University Press, 2000
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In this unique book, we hear the poignant voices of those who experienced firsthand the 1930s in the Soviet Union. The book's 157 documents, selected from newly opened Soviet archives, include primarily letters from ordinary citizens to authorities but also various official reports and correspondence. The documents illuminate in new ways the complex social roots of Stalinism and the texture of daily life during a highly traumatic decade."Maybe some people are shy about writing, but I will write the real truth. . . . Is it really possible that people at the newspaper haven't heard this. . . that we don't want to be on the kolkhoz [collective farm], we work and work, and there's nothing to eat. Really, how can we live?"-A farmer's letter, 1936, from Stalinism as a Way of Life. Annals of Communism series
About the Author: Lewis Siegelbaum is professor and chairman of the Department of History at Michigan State University. Andrei Sokolov is main researcher and department head of the Institute of Russian History at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Title: Stalinism as a Way of Life: A Narrative in ...
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
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