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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812272503321

Autore

Brovkin Vladimir N

Titolo

Russia after Lenin : politics, culture and society, 1921-1929 / / Vladimir Brovkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-68057-0

1-134-68058-9

1-280-14414-9

0-203-97933-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Disciplina

947.084/2

Soggetti

Soviet Union History 1917-1936

Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936

Soviet Union Civilization

Soviet Union Social conditions 1917-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-259) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction Revolutionary identity; Chapter 1 Extracting socially alien elements; Chapter 2 The Culture of the New Elite 1921–5 Ascetic knights and drinking pals; Chapter 3 Bolshevik actions and peasants' reactions, 1921–5 Face the village, face defeat; Chapter 4 Propaganda and popular belief; Chapter 5 The Komsomol and youth A transmission belt that snapped; Chapter 6 Women: false promises, dashed hopes, and the pretense of emancipation

Chapter 7 Towards showdown in the countryside, 1926–8Chapter 8 The proletariat against the vanguard; Chapter 9 The Bolshevik old guard and the upstarts, 1924–9; Chapter 10 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

By examining the contrast between Bolshevik propaganda claims and social reality, Brovkin explains how Communist representations were variously received and resisted by workers, peasants, students, women, teachers and party officials. He presents a picture of cultural diversity



and rejection of Communist constraints through many means including unauthorized protest, religion, jazz music and poetry. Brovkin argues that these trends endangered the Communist Party's monopoly on political power and argues that the Stalinist revolution can be seen as a preemptive strike against this independent and