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The shortest history of the Soviet Union / Sheila Fitzpatrick.
De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 Available online
De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fitzpatrick, Sheila, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union--Biography.
- Soviet Union--History.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- The acclaimed historian Sheila Fitzpatrick chronicles the Soviet Age-its rise, reign, and unexpected fall, as well as its afterlife in today's Russia. Moving seamlessly from Lenin to Stalin to Gorbachev to Putin, this book provides an indispensable guide to one of the twentieth century's great powers and the enduring fascination it still exerts.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Making the Union
- 2. The Lenin Years and the Succession Struggle
- 3. Stalinism
- 4. War and Its Aftermath
- 5. From 'Collective Leadership' to Khrushchev
- 6. The Brezhnev Period
- 7. The Fall
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Further Reading
- List of Images
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Fitzpatrick, Sheila The Shortest History of the Soviet Union
- ISBN:
- 0-231-55684-5
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