ISBN:
9780198021698
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (311 pages)
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DDC:
306/.0947
Keywords:
City and town life--Soviet Union
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on modern Russian history. Focusing on the urban population, Fitzpatrick depicts a world of privation, overcrowding, endless lines, and broken homes, in which the regime's promises of future socialist abundance rang hollowly. We read of a government bureaucracy that often turned life into a nightmare, and of how ordinary citizens tried to circumvent it. We also read of the secret police, whose constant surveillance was endemic at this time, and the waves of terror, like the Great Purges of 1937, which periodically cast society into turmoil.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Milestones -- Stories -- A Note on Class -- 1 "The Party Is Always Right" -- Revolutionary Warriors -- Stalin's Signals -- Bureaucrats and Bosses -- A Girl with Character -- 2 Hard Times -- Shortages -- Miseries of Urban Life -- Shopping as a Survival Skill -- Contacts and Connections -- 3 Palaces on Monday -- Building a New World -- Heroes -- The Remaking of Man -- Mastering Culture -- 4 The Magic Tablecloth -- Images of Abundance -- Privilege -- Marks of Status -- Patrons and Clients -- 5 Insulted and Injured -- Outcasts -- Deportation and Exile -- Renouncing the Past -- Wearing the Mask -- 6 Family Problems -- Absconding Husbands -- The Abortion Law -- The Wives' Movement -- 7 Conversations and Listeners -- Listening In -- Writing to the Government -- Public Talk -- Talking Back -- 8 A Time of Troubles -- The Year 1937 -- Scapegoats and "The Usual Suspects" -- Spreading the Plague -- Living Through the Great Purges -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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