Readings in Russian civilization . Volume III Soviet Russia, 1917-present [[electronic resource] /] / edited, with introductory notes, by Thomas Riha

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1969
• Edizione: 2d ed., rev.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Disciplina: 914.7/03; 947.
• Soggetto topico: History; HISTORY / General
• Soggetto geografico: Russia History
• Soggetto non controllato: russia, soviet union, revolution, bolshevik, lenin, stalin, social change, communism, politics, history, feudalism, romanov, monarchy, tsar, ivan the terrible, st epiphanius, saint sergius, schism, russian church, mongol, commerce, foreign relations, industry, nonfiction, frontier, novgorod, laws, legal system, primary chronicle, avvakum
• Altri autori: RihaThomas
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; 44. Testimony of the February Revolution; 45 The Russian Village, Summer 1917; 46 Russia's One-Day Parliament; 47 Days with Lenin; 48 Down with Factionalism!; 49 The History of a Soviet Collective Farm; 50 A Day in Magnitogorsk; 51 Socialist Gold; 52 The Soviet Constitution; 53 On the Constitution; 54 The Soviet System of Government; 55 I Speak for the Silent; 56 The Purge Trials; 57 The Blockade of Leningrad; 58 The Second World War; 59 The Party and the Arts; 60 The Adventures of an Ape ; 61 My Worthless and Vicious Film62 The Destruction of Soviet Genetics; 63 Stalin's Coffin; 64 ""Pilfering the People's Wealth""; 65 From New York to Los Angeles; 66 Is the Soviet Union a Welfare State?; 67 Standard Bearers of Communist Labor; 68 Soviet Nationality Policy; 69 Soviet Religious Policy; 70 Are We Flirting with Capitalism?; 71 On the Events in China; 72 Whither the Soviet Union?; Chronology; Correlation Tables
• Sommario/riassunto: ""This new and enlarged version of Readings in Russian Civilization is the result of fairly extensive revisions. There are now 72 instead of 64 items; 20 of the selections are new. The first volume has undergone the least change with 3 new items, of which 2 appear in English for the first time. In the second volume there are 6 new items; all of them appear in English for the first time. The third volume has undergone the greatest revision, with 11 new items, of which 6 are newly translated from the Russian. It is the editor's hope that items left out in the new edition will not be
• Titolo autorizzato: Readings in Russian civilization
• ISBN: 0-226-71846-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248215003316
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