About Russia, Its Revolutions, Its Development and Its Present
The author analyzes modern Russian history from a new perspective. Due to the ideological heritage of the XIXth and XXth centuries, the social settings of the sociopolitical history of the USSR (1917-1945) have not been fully identified. Detailed examination of ideological and political concepts sho...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group
2016
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| Series: | Prager Schriften zur Zeitgeschichte und zum Zeitgeschehen
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| Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | The author analyzes modern Russian history from a new perspective. Due to the ideological heritage of the XIXth and XXth centuries, the social settings of the sociopolitical history of the USSR (1917-1945) have not been fully identified. Detailed examination of ideological and political concepts shows that the revolution of 1917 became not a middle class, proletarian movement, but rather a plebeian one. The misjudgment by the new power enabled growth but caused tremendous losses of human lives and material damages. Socialization of economy and strict centralization led to a new social structure and established terror as an instrument for social reorganization. WWII revealed the necessity of a correction of these developments, but the events of the Cold War circumvented any further considerations. |
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| ISBN: | 978-3-653-06473-5 9783653064735 |
| Access: | Open Access |