The Soviet Union

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It's a well-researched, fascinating look at how the Soviet Union was affected and reacted to the German invasion and the four years of conflict that followed. It touches not only on the grand scale of events but delves into the experience at the individual level ─ what life was like for individual soldiers and those behind the front lines.

Online shopping from a great selection at Books Store. A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev (New Cold War History).

This concise yet comprehensive textbook examines political, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet period.

It begins by identifying the social tensions and political inconsistencies that spurred radical change in Russia's government, from the turn of the century to the revolution of Author: Peter Kenez.

The history of the Soviet Union from toreferred to as the Brezhnev Era, covers the period of Leonid Brezhnev's rule of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

This period began with high economic growth and soaring prosperity, but ended with a much weaker Soviet Union facing social, political, and economic stagnation. A union of multiple subnational Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized.

The Soviet Union was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital. Oct 27,  · 11 Insightful Books about the Soviet Union Worth Reading. The history of the Soviet Union has long fascinated me- from the start of the empire when the peasants rose up against the establishment and Lenin’s Bolshevik Red Army stormed the winter gardens to the fall of the empire and the events that led up to its collapse.

The Black Book of Soviet Jewry or simply The Black Book (Russian: Чёрная Книга, Chiornaya Kniga; Yiddish: דאָס שוואַרצע בוך ‎, Dos shvartse bukh), also known as The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry, is a page book compiled for publication by Ilya Ehrenburg and Vasily Grossman originally in late in the Russian language.

An acclaimed historian explores the dynamic history of the twentieth century Soviet Union In ten concise and compelling chapters, The Soviet Union covers the entire Soviet Union experience from the years to by putting the focus on three major themes: warfare, welfare, and empire.

Throughout the book, Mark Edele—a noted expert on the topic—clearly demonstrates that the Soviet. The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World by John Davies and Alexander J Kent is published by University of Chicago Press, price $35 / £ You may not be surprised to learn that during the Cold War the Soviet Union gathered information about the West.

Mar 01,  · This compact and well-written book from Soviet historian Peter Kenez is an excellent short history of the Soviet Union.

Perhaps the most welcome aspect of Kenez's book is his willingess to acknowledge the centrality of ideological considerations in shaping both the views and policies of the USSR's Marxist festivous-ilonse.com by: Kiev: Concise Guide-Book [Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Ukraine] by Ignatkin, I.

and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at festivous-ilonse.com This book written by the outstanding Soviet scientist in the field of heat and mass transfer is a revised version of the second edition of "Handbook of Heat and Mass Transfer" which was published by Energiya Publishers in and gained wide recognition of thermal engineers in the Soviet Union.

Jul 15,  · Masha Gessen writes on “The Commissar Vanishes,” a photo book by David King, which documents the erasing of certain peoples from the images of. Oct 23,  · Marx said religion was the opium of the people – and in the Soviet Union, atheism became government policy, enforced by the state and encouraged by anti-religious posters and magazines.

Sep 28,  · It can be seen that in the years between that book censorship was based on protecting the party image of the Soviet Union and utilizing books, as well as libraries as tools of propaganda.

The libraries in the Soviet Union lost almost all of their book collections due to the various purges over the years. Through sources and documents, The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union by Richard Sakwa places the Soviet experience in historical and comparative context.

The author introduces each source in this volume fully and provides commentary and festivous-ilonse.com eye-witness accounts, official documents and new materials which have just come to light, Richard Sakwa gives an historical overview of the 5/5(1).

The Political Structure of the Soviet State: The Communist Party (Foreign Policy Reports v8 #1; ), by Vera Micheles Dean (multiple formats at festivous-ilonse.com) The Political Structure of the Soviet State: The Government of the Union (Foreign Policy Reports v8 #2; ).

Aug 01,  · —Art Book News Annual. A penetrating study of the history, ethnic composition, class structure, economics, and the arts of the former Soviet Union that sheds light on the everyday life of average citizens of that period, especially those living in the urban areas.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Rus. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, former republic. It was established in and dissolved in The Soviet Union was the first state to be based on Marxist socialism (see also Marxism; communism).Until the Communist party indirectly controlled all levels of government; the party's politburo effectively ruled the country.

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Unseen by the public for three decades, a POLITICO reporter views hours of footage from his 'honeymoon' to the USSR.Jun 27,  · Glavlit’s censors decided if a book was published in the USSR, or if it was banned.

As a result, Soviet citizens could not read many books, some of which are now regarded as classics - Author: Oleg Yegorov.Constitution (Fundamental law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: as amended and added to at the seventh session of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., fourth convocation.

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