ISBN:
9781476618555
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (284 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version ""Enemies of the people"" under the Soviets
Parallel Title:
Julicher, Peter, 1946 - "Enemies of the people" under the Soviets
DDC:
306.09
Keywords:
Stalin, Joseph
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Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitelʹno-trudovykh lagereĭ OGPU History
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Soviet Union History
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Political persecution Social aspects
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History
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Political prisoners History
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Enemies History
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Political persecution History
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Stalin, Joseph, -- 1879-1953
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Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh lagerei OGPU -- History
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Soviet Union. -- Narodnyi komissariat vnutrennikh del -- History
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Political persecution -- Soviet Union -- History
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Political persecution -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union -- History
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Political prisoners -- Soviet Union -- History
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Enemies -- Soviet Union -- History
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Enemies ; Soviet Union ; History
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Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitelʹno-trudovykh lagereĭ OGPU ; History
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Political persecution ; Social aspects ; Soviet Union ; History
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Political persecution ; Soviet Union ; History
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Political prisoners ; Soviet Union ; History
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Soviet Union ; Narodnyĭ komissariat vnutrennikh del ; History
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Stalin, Joseph ; 1879-1953
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Electronic books
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Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936
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Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953
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Electronic books
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Sowjetunion
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Politische Verfolgung
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Geschichte 1917-1956
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Sowjetunion
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Innenpolitik
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Feind
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Politische Verfolgung
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Strafverfolgung
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
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 industrial and military power created misery on a grand scale and caused the deaths of millions of people. Stalin arbitrarily invoked the specter of "enemies of the people" to destroy anyone who opposed the new socialist order. Millions of Soviet citizens were executed in continuous purges, and millions more perished in the slave labor camps of the Gulag. This book describes the fate of those citizens who were declared enemies of the people not because of what they had done but because of who they were. Stalin's repression not only destroyed the best and brightest, it prevented the development of a civil society in the Soviet Union which would have promoted economic justice, the rule of law and basic human rights for all.
Abstract:
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.
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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