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A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End
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A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End Paperback - 2006

by Kenez, Peter

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  • Title A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End
  • Author Kenez, Peter
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: secon
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 342
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date May 8, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4522599-6
  • ISBN 9780521682961 / 0521682967
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Soviet Union - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006281287
  • Dewey Decimal Code 947

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Summary

An examination of political, social and cultural developments in the Soviet Union. The book identifies the social tensions and political inconsistencies that spurred radical change in the government of Russia, from the turn of the century to the revolution of 1917. Kenez envisions that revolution as a crisis of authority that posed the question, 'Who shall govern Russia?' This question was resolved with the creation of the Soviet Union. Kenez traces the development of the Soviet Union from the Revolution, through the 1920s, the years of the New Economic Policies and into the Stalinist order. He shows how post-Stalin Soviet leaders struggled to find ways to rule the country without using Stalin's methods but also without openly repudiating the past, and to negotiate a peaceful but antipathetic coexistence with the capitalist West. In this new edition, he also examines the post-Soviet period, tracing Russia's development up to the present day.

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Leibnitz, the great German philosopher and scientist, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, once expressed his envy of Russia.

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