Life and terror in Stalin's Russia, 1934-1941 /

Examining Stalin's reign of terror, this text argues that the Soviet people were not simply victims but also actors in the violence, criticisms and local decisions of the 1930s. It suggests that more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened by it.

Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autor: Thurston, Robert W.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: New Haven : Yale University Press [1996]
Online pristup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt32bw0h
Sadržaj:
  • The police and courts begin to relax (1933-1936)
  • Politics and tension in the Stalinist leadership (1934-1937)
  • The political police at work in the terror (1937-1938)
  • The terror ends
  • Fear and belief in the terror: response to arrest
  • Life in the factories
  • The acid test of Stalinism: popular response to World War II.