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The great fear : Stalin's terror of the 1930s / James Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, James, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political violence--Soviet Union.
- Political violence.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
- Stalin, Joseph.
- Kommunisticheskaia partiia Sovetskogo Soiuza--Historia.
- Local Subjects:
- Kommunisticheskaia partiia Sovetskogo Soiuza--Historia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Between the winter of 1936 and the autumn of 1938, approximately three quarters of a million Soviet citizens were subject to summary execution. More than a million others were sentenced to lengthy terms in labour camps. Commonly known as 'Stalin's Great Terror', it is also among the most misunderstood moments in the history of the 20th century. The Terror gutted the ranks of factory directors and engineers after three years in which all major plan targets were met. It raged through the armed forces on the eve of the Nazi invasion. The wholesale slaughter of party and state officials was in danger of making the Soviet state ungovernable. The majority of these victims of state repression in this period were accused of participating in counter-revolutionary conspiracies. Almost without exception, there was no substance to the claims and no material evidence to support them.
- Contents:
- Cover; THE GREAT FEAR: STALIN'S TERROR OF THE 1930S; COPYRIGHT; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CONTENTS ; ABBREVIATIONS ; Introduction ; Power and insecurity in Russia, 980-1917 ; Chapter 1: Fear and violence ; Chapter 2: Peace and insecurity ; Chapter 3: The uncertain dictatorship ; Chapter 4: The great break ; Chapter 5: Relaxation? ; Chapter 6: Tensions mount ; Chapter 7: The perfect storm ; Conclusion ; Epilogue ; Bibliography archives ; archives; published primary sources ; secondary sources ; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-101751-5
- 0-19-177897-4
- 0-19-101750-7
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