03236nam 2200637Ia 450 991081227250332120200520144314.01-134-68057-01-134-68058-91-280-14414-90-203-97933-810.4324/9780203979334 (CKB)1000000000360702(EBL)237310(OCoLC)475946581(SSID)ssj0000240165(PQKBManifestationID)11206951(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240165(PQKBWorkID)10251568(PQKB)10590584(MiAaPQ)EBC237310(Au-PeEL)EBL237310(CaPaEBR)ebr10094953(CaONFJC)MIL14414(OCoLC)437150877(OCoLC)252977802(EXLCZ)99100000000036070219970821d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRussia after Lenin politics, culture and society, 1921-1929 /Vladimir BrovkinLondon ;New York Routledge19981 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-17991-2 0-415-17992-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-259) and index.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 emancipationChapter 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;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 andSoviet UnionHistory1917-1936Soviet UnionPolitics and government1917-1936Soviet UnionCivilizationSoviet UnionSocial conditions1917-1945947.084/2Brovkin Vladimir N253529MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812272503321Russia after Lenin1266173UNINA