This doctoral dissertation provides an in-depth analysis of Stalin's secret Party chanceller and of several other secret structures within the Soviet Communist Party, the Soviet State Security Service and the headquarters of the Communist International. Stalin's chancellery numb…
"From 1931 to 1937, School No. 25 was the most famous and most lavishly appointed school in the Soviet Union, instructing the children of such prominent parents as Joseph Stalin, head of the Communist Party, Viacheslav Molotov, head of the Soviet State, and Paul Robeson, America…
"From 1931 to 1937, School No. 25 was the most famous and most lavishly appointed school in the Soviet Union, instructing the children of such prominent parents as Joseph Stalin, head of the Communist Party, Viacheslav Molotov, head of the Soviet State, and Paul Robeson, America…
Stalinism: essays in historical interpretation
"The Teachers of Stalinism: Policy, Practice, and Power in Soviet Schools of the 1930s examines Soviet primary and secondary teachers in a period of educational expansion, social transformation, and political repression. This book focuses on the professional status, classroom pr…
Une biographie, très documentée et alimentée par des sources jusqu'ici inaccessibles. A l'heure de la liquidation des idéologies, il reste des vies. Celle de Staline éclaire d'une lumière crue les sources d'un totalitarisme qui fit tant de morts.
La violence est associée à l'évocation du stalinisme. Comment des hommes et des femmes qui occupaient des postes de responsabilité dans des administrations de l'État stalinien ont-ils réagi face à un pouvoir qui maniait la violence pour gouverner? Participation passive ou collab…
"Challenging what is widely regarded as the distinguishing feature of Russian music - its ineffable "Russianness"--Marina Frolova-Walker examines the history of Russian music from the premiere of Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar in 1836 to the death of Stalin in 1953, the year…