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Stalin's World War II Evacuations : Triumph and Troubles in Kirov / Larry E. Holmes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holmes, Larry E. (Larry Eugene), 1942- author.
- Series:
- Modern war studies.
- Modern war studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Soviet Union.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Russia (Federation)--Kirov (Kirovskai͡a oblastʹ).
- Kirov (Kirovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)--History, Military--20th century.
- Kirov (Kirovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2017.
- Summary:
- The story of Soviet evacuations of industry and people during World War II with a focus on the Kirov region. It assesses the increasingly antagonistic response of Kirov's citizens and governing organs as the number of evacuated people grew, the clash of competing institutions, and the growing demands of wartime industrial enterprises.
- Contents:
- Soviet wartime evacuation and its historical context
- The cost of war
- The deluge
- A class of their own
- Far from home
- Second thoughts
- Monsters in Kirov's midst
- Fighting back: eviction, lockouts, and reparations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780700623969
- 0700623965
- OCLC:
- 971230883
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