Khrushchev in the Kremlin : policy and government in the Soviet Union, 1953-1964 / edited by Jeremy Smith and Melanie Ilic.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ilič, Melanie, 1962-

Smith, Jeremy, 1964-

Series:

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 73.

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 73

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971--Political and social views.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich.

Political culture--Soviet Union--History.

Political culture.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Economic policy--1959-1965.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a new picture of the politics, economics and process of government in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev. Based in large part on original research in recently declassified archive collections, the book examines the full complexity of government, including formal and informal political relationships; economic reforms and nationality relations in the national republics of the USSR; the treatment of political dissent; economic progress through technological innovation; relations with the Eastern bloc; corruption and deceit in the economy; and the refo

Contents:

Khrushchev as leader / Ian Thatcher

The rise of political clans in the era of Nikita Khrushchev : the first phase, 1953-1959 / Nikolai Mitrokhin

The Central Committee apparatus under Khrushchev / Alexander Titov

The outer reaches of liberalization : combating political dissent in the Khrushchev era / Robert Hornsby

Leadership and nationalism in the Soviet republics, 1953-1959 / Jeremy Smith

Moscow-Kiev relations and the Sovnarkhoz reform / Nataliya Kibita

Failings of the Sovnarkhoz reform : the Ukrainian experience / Valery Vasiliev

Khrushchev and the challenge of technological progress / Sari Autio-Sarasmo

Khrushchevism after Khrushchev : the rise of national interest in the Eastern Bloc / Katalin Miklossy

The economy of illusions : the phenomenon of data-inflation in the Khrushchev era / Oleg Khlevniuk

The modernisation of Soviet railways : traction in comparative perspective / John Westwood

From Khrushchev (1935-6) to Khrushchev (1956-64) : construction policy compared / Bob Davies and Melanie Ilic.

Notes:

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-83181-9

1-136-83182-7

1-283-04071-9

9786613040718

0-203-83179-9

9780203831793

OCLC:

707068701