Enemies of the People under the Soviets A History of Repression and Its Consequences

Enemies of the People under the Soviets : A History of Repression and Its Consequences

The Soviet era was a time of social and economic upheaval in Russia's history as the Bolsheviks strove to build a socialist utopia based on the theories of Karl Marx. Central to this endeavor was the 25-year dictatorship of Josef Stalin, whose determination to make the Soviet Union a dominant i...

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1. Verfasser: Julicher, Peter 1946- (VerfasserIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2015
Schlagworte:Political persecution Political prisoners Enemies Stalin, Joseph, -- 1879-1953 Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh lagerei OGPU -- History Soviet Union. -- Narodnyi komissariat vnutrennikh del -- History Political persecution -- Soviet Union -- History Political persecution -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union -- History Political prisoners -- Soviet Union -- History Enemies -- Soviet Union -- History mehr... Enemies ; Soviet Union ; History Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitelʹno-trudovykh lagereĭ OGPU ; History Political persecution ; Social aspects ; Soviet Union ; History Political persecution ; Soviet Union ; History Political prisoners ; Soviet Union ; History Soviet Union ; Narodnyĭ komissariat vnutrennikh del ; History Stalin, Joseph ; 1879-1953 Electronic books Sowjetunion Politische Verfolgung Geschichte 1917-1956 Innenpolitik Feind Strafverfolgung Geschichte
Umfang:1 online resource (284 pages)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; A Note About Russian Names, Words, and Dates; Introduction; I. Capitalists, the Bourgeoisie, Landlords and the Romanovs; II. Socialist Revolutionaries, Anarchists and Civil War; III. Russian Orthodoxy and the Soviet State; IV. Trotsky and Trotskyism; V. Wreckers and Kulaks; VI. Old Bolsheviks, Ordinary People and the NKVD; VII. The Military, Foreign Communists and Repatriated POWs; VIII. The Creative Intelligentsia, Cosmopolitans and Jews; IX. The Secret Speech and Its Aftermath; Epilogue; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
  • A note about Russian names, words, and datesCapitalists, the bourgeoisie, landlords and the Romanovs
  • Socialist revolutionaries, anarchists and civil war
  • Russian orthodoxy and the Soviet state
  • Trotsky and Trotskyism
  • Wreckers and kulaks
  • Old Bolsheviks, ordinary people and the NKVD
  • The military, foreign communists and repatriated POWs
  • The creative intelligentsia, cosmopolitans and Jews
  • The secret speech and its aftermath
  • Epilogue.