Bulgaria under Communism

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The book traces the history of communist Bulgaria from 1944 to 1989. A detailed narrative-cum-study of the history of a political system, it provides a chronological overview of the building of the socialist state from the ground up, its entrenchment into the peaceful routine of everyday life, its inner crises, and its gradual decline and self-destruction. The book is the definitive and the most complete guide to Bulgaria under communism and how the communist system operates on a day-to-day lev…

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Full title :Bulgaria under Communism / Ivaylo Znepolski [and six others].

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Publication Date:2018.
Edition:1st

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018.

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Struggles during the Interwar Period The Initial Phase of the War and Bulgarian Neutrality (1939-1941) Bulgaria in the Orbit of the Third Reich (1941-1944) PART ONE: THE TIMES OF HIGH STALINISM 1. BULGARIA IN THE SHADOW OF STALIN Establishment of the Fatherland Front Government in Bulgaria The Moscow Truce and Bulgaria's Participation in the Final Stage of World War Two Conflicts within the Fatherland Front and the Formation of a Legal Opposition to the Regime The Intensification of Social-Political Struggles within the Country Signing the Peace Treaty with Bulgaria Convening a Grand National Assembly and the Liquidation of the Opposition 2.

COMMUNIST BULGARIA'S FOREIGN POLICY AND THE COLD WAR The Idea of a South Slavic Federation and Its Failure The Signing of the Peace Treaty and the Official Establishment of Bulgaria's Status as a Soviet Satellite Bulgaria and International Relations within the Borders of the Eastern Bulgaria's Relations with the United States and Other Western Countries during the Cold War Bulgaria and Bloc-Internal Crises Bulgaria and the Third World PART TWO: FROM SHEEPISH DESTALINIZATION TOWARDS THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE REGIME AND ITS PENETRATION INTO EVERYDAY LIFE 11.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781351244893, 1351244892, 9781351244909, 1351244906, 9781351244886, 1351244884, 9781351244916, 1351244914
DOI:10.4324/9781351244916
oclc:on1053992716
LC Classification:DR90
Dewey Decimal:949.9031

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION: HOW SHOULD WE WRITE THE HISTORY OF COMMUNIST BULGARIA? The Problem of Distance: From Close Up and Far Away Why the Silence about Communism? Macrohistory or History from the "Bottom Up" The Trajectory of the Regime: Three Provisionally Differentiated Periods The Regime and Society in an Interdisciplinary Perspective The People's Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Bulgaria -- Continuity or a Break? HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S PATH TO POWER The Building of the Modern Bulgarian State The Upturn of the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Centuries Bulgaria's Participation in Wars from 1912-1918 and the Subsequent Catastrophe Intense

GEORGI DIMITROV AND "THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRACY" Georgi Dimitrov and His Diary Dimitrov and Stalin On the Nature of "The People's Democracy" 3. BULGARIA IN THE YEARS OF CLASSICAL STALINISM The Second Major Wave of Repression Vâlko Chervenkov -- The New Charismatic Leader 4. BUILDING THE COMMUNIST ECONOMY IN BULGARIA The Post-War Economic Crisis and the Beginning of Deep Transformations within the Bulgarian Economy (1944-1947) The Sovietization of the Bulgarian Economy (1948-1953) Ideas for Bu…

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Bulgaria Bulgaria -- History -- 1944-1990 Bulgarie -- Histoire -- 1944-1990 Communism Communism -- History. -- Bulgaria History HISTORY -- Eastern. -- Europe HISTORY -- Russia & the Former Soviet U…