Stalin's Master Narrative : A Critical Edition of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), Short Course / David Brandenberger, Mikhail V. Zelenov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brandenberger, David, Editor.

Zelenov, Mikhail V., Editor.

T︠S︡K KPSS, issuing body.

Series:

Annals of Communism.

Annals of Communism Series

Standardized Title:

Istorii︠a︡ Vsesoi︠u︡znoĭ kommunisticheskoĭ partii (bolʹshevikov). English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.

Stalin, Joseph.

Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za--History.

Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za.

Communism--Soviet Union--Sources.

Communism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (759 pages).

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A critical edition of the text that defined communist party ideology in Stalin's Soviet Union The Short Course on the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) defined Stalinist ideology both at home and abroad. It was quite literally the the master narrative of the USSR-a hegemonic statement on history, politics, and Marxism-Leninism that scripted Soviet society for a generation. This study exposes the enormous role that Stalin played in the development of this all-important text, as well as the unparalleled influence that he wielded over the Soviet historical imagination.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Conventions

Selected Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

Editors' Introduction

Introduction

Chapter One: The Struggle for the Creation of a Social- Democratic Labour Party in Russia (1883-1901)

Chapter Two: Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Appearance of the Bolshevik and the Menshevik Groups within the Party (1901-1904)

Chapter Three: The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Russo-Japanese War and the First Russian Revolution (1904-1907)

Chapter Four: The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Stolypin Reaction. The Bolsheviks Constitute Themselves as an Independent Marxist Party (1908-1912)

Chapter Five: The Bolshevik Party during the New Rise of the Working-Class Movement before the First Imperialist War (1912-1914)

Chapter Six: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of the Imperialist War. The Second Revolution in Russia (1914-March 1917)

Chapter Seven: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Preparation and Realization of the October Socialist Revolution (April 1917-1918)

Chapter Eight: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Foreign Military Intervention and Civil War (1918-1920)

Chapter Nine: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Transition to the Peaceful Work of Economic Restoration (1921-1925)

Chapter Ten: The Bolshevik Party in the Struggle for the Socialist Industrialization of the Country (1926-1929)

Chapter Eleven: The Bolshevik Party in the Struggle for the Collectivization of Agriculture (1930-1934)

Chapter Twelve: The Bolshevik Party in the Struggle to Complete the Building of the Socialist Society. Introduction of the New Constitution (1935-1937)

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-15964-1

OCLC:

1143809327