The Great Terror

2008 History

Author : Robert Conquest
Release : 2008
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 991/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Great Terror written by Robert Conquest. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The definitive work on Stalin's purges, the author's The Great Terror was universally acclaimed when it first appeared in 1968. Provides accounts of on everything form the three great 'Moscow Trials' to methods of obtaining confessions, the purge of writers and other members of the intelligentsia, on life in the labor camps, and many other key matters. On the fortieth anniversary of thew first edition, it is remarkable how many of the most disturbing conclusions have born up under the light of fresh evidence." --

Stalin’s Terror

2002-12-11 History

Author : B. McLoughlin
Release : 2002-12-11
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 935/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Stalin’s Terror written by B. McLoughlin. This book was released on 2002-12-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British, Irish, Russian, American, German and Austrian contributors examine the intricate nature of the mass repression unleashed by the Stalinist leader of the USSR during 1937-38. The first part of the collection deals with annihilation policies against the Soviet elite and the Communist International. The second section of the volume looks at mass operations of the secret police (NKVD) against social outcasts, Poles and other 'hostile' ethnic groups. The final section comprises micro-studies about targeted victim groups among the general population.

Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia, 1934-1941

1998-11-10 History

Author : Robert W. Thurston
Release : 1998-11-10
Genre : History
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Download or read book Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia, 1934-1941 written by Robert W. Thurston. This book was released on 1998-11-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining Stalin's reign of terror, this text argues that the Soviet people were not simply victims but also actors in the violence, criticisms and local decisions of the 1930s. It suggests that more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened by it.

1937

1998 Opposition (Political science)

Author : Vadim Zakharovich Rogovin
Release : 1998
Genre : Opposition (Political science)
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Download or read book 1937 written by Vadim Zakharovich Rogovin. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major study by a Russian Marxist Historian of the Stalinist purges which are often collectively reffered to by the year they reached their greatest intensity: 1937. Rogovin shows that the purges were aimed at the physical annihilation of the growing socialist opposition to Stalin's bureaucratic regime. Focused on Leon Trotsky and his thousands of supporters, the purges were a blow against the October Revolution, its leaders and its heritage.

Scorched Earth

2016-01-01 History

Author : Jörg Baberowski
Release : 2016-01-01
Genre : History
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Download or read book Scorched Earth written by Jörg Baberowski. This book was released on 2016-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. What Was Stalinism? -- 2. Imperial Spaces of Violence -- 3. Pyrrhic Victories -- 4. Subjugation -- 5. Dictatorship of Dread -- 6. Wars -- 7. Stalin's Heirs -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

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