Life and death under Stalin : Kalinin Province, 1945-1953 / Kees Boterbloem.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Boterbloem, Kees, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russia--History.

Russia.

Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia)--History.

Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia).

Physical Description:

xxv, 435 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first Western scholar to have access to the records of the Communist Party of the Kalinin province, Boterbloem supplements archival evidence with published accounts and interviews with those who survived the last years of Stalin's life, taking us into their lives. Covering a wide range of topics, such as industry, agriculture, party affairs, repression, and education, Life and Death under Stalin looks at the complicated relationship between the political elite of the Communist Party, its rank and file members, and the Russian population during what was perhaps the grimmest period in Soviet history. The result is a fascinating study of how the postwar Stalinist regime dealt with those in the Kalinin Province, from ordinary Communist Party members and Red Army veterans to collective farmers and labour camp inmates.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Note on Translation and Transcription

Introduction

The Background

Before 1941

Ruin and Recovery

The Postwar Years

The View from Above: The Communists

Party and People

Victims: The Penal System

The Towns: Economy and Society

The Countryside: Economy and Society

Exodus: Migration and Urbanization

Conclusion

A Note on Sources

Notes

Glossary of Russian Terms

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.-McGill, 1994) under the title: Communists and the Russians.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612857829

9781282857827

1282857827

9780773567597

0773567593

OCLC:

929121415

Publisher Number:

2027/heb05218 hdl