Soviet Politics, 1917-1991

Name: Soviet Politics, 1917-1991
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ISBN: 9780198780670

ISBN-10: 0198780672

ISBN-13: 9780198780670

Edition: 1992

Authors: Mary McAuley

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In October 1917 revolution swept away the Tsarist system under which Russia had assimilated its neighbouring states. Led by Lenin, the Communist Party transformed this empire into the Soviet Union, one of the most powerful states the world has known. Under Stalin industrialisation was followed by terror, resistance to Nazi invasion, and the Cold War. As a superpower under his successors, Kruschev and Brezhnev, the Soviet Union appeared invincible, but with Mikhail Gorbachev came political reforms which resulted in the collapse of communism in December 1991 and the emergence of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Based on extensive research and first-hand knowledge of the Soviet system,…

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/12/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Introduction



1917: Revolution



State Building: The Leninist System



Industrialization, Collectivization, and the Stalinist State



Terror



Khrushchev and Party Rule



The Administrative Command System Brezhnev



Perestroika and the End of Party Rule



The Dispersal of Power Conclusion