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In this ground-breaking study Lynne Viola--the first Western scholar to gain access to the Soviet state archives on collectivization--brilliantly examines a lost chapter in the history of the Stalin revolution. Looking in detail at the backgrounds, motivations, and...
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Oxford University Press
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1989-03-02
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Dneprostroi, a dam and power plant that was one of the most monumental construction projects of the Bolsheviks' First Five-Year Plan, was a milestone in American-Soviet cooperation and the fruit of the labor of more than 60,000 workers. Little known in the West,...
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Oxford University Press
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1988-11-03
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This is the first full-length biography of Judah Leib Gordon (1830-92), the most important Hebrew poet of the 19th century, and one of the pivotal intellectual and cultural figures in Russian Jewry. Setting Gordon's life and work amidst the political, cultural, and...
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Oxford University Press
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1988-10-28
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In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Stephen F. Cohen cuts through Cold War stereotypes of the Soviet Union to arrive at fresh interpretations of that country's traumatic history and its present-day political realities.
Cohen's lucidly written, revisionist...
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Oxford University Press
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1986-01-16
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Explore the profound depths of human psychology and morality with The Fyodor Dostoyevsky Collection: Signature Classics. This beautifully illustrated anthology brings together some of Dostoyevsky’s most iconic works, offering timeless reflections on the complexities of...
Editeur :
Andrii Ponomarenko
Parution :
2025-01-21
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What Is to Be Done? by Nikolai Chernyshevsky is a groundbreaking and influential novel that shaped Russian literature and revolutionary thought in the 19th century. Originally published in 1863, this philosophical and political work is a vivid portrayal of utopian...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2025-01-20
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Andrew Donskov takes a critical look not only at Tolstoy’s attitude towards the peasant class he so often championed for their simple ways and freedom from upper-class sophistication and pretentiousness, but more importantly, gives voice to representatives of the...
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University of Ottawa Press
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2019-04-30
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