Revolution on my mind : writing a diary under Stalin / Jochen Hellbeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hellbeck, Jochen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian diaries.

Political persecution--Soviet Union.

Political persecution.

Soviet Union--Biography.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.

Soviet Union--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Revolution on My Mind is a stunning revelation of the inner world of Stalin's Russia, showing us the minds and hearts of Soviet citizens who recorded their lives in diaries during an extraordinary period of revolutionary fervor and state terror. Jochen Hellbeck brings us face to face with gripping and unforgettably poignant life stories. This book brilliantly explores the forging of the revolutionary self in a study that speaks to the evolution of the individual in mass movements of our own time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Prologue: FORGING THE REVOLUTIONARY SELF

1. Rearing Conscious Citizens

2. Bolshevik Views of the Diary

3. Laboratories of the Soul

4. Intelligentsia on Trial ZINAIDA DENISEVSKAYA

5. Secrets of a Class Enemy: STEPAN PODLUBNY

6. The Diary of a New Man: LEONID POTEMKIN

7. Stalin's Inkwell: ALEXANDER AFINOGENOV

8. The Urge to Struggle On

Notes

Note on Sources

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2006.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-419) and index.

ISBN:

9780674038530

0674038533

OCLC:

1049683664