See also whats at wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere broader term. This topsecret 639page history of the soviet state security organs was. To assist research and teaching, it presents carefully chosen, fulltext documents covering all major aspects of. The role of history and memory the ussr as a colonial empire this article argues that the former ussr fits the definition of an empire with a defined core moscow and the russian sfsr and peripheries the nonrussian history, memory and nation building. Pdf the soviet union is often characterised as nominally a federation, but really an empire, liable to break up when individual federal units. Soviet sport and transnational mass culture in the 1930s a result, in the early 1930s the soviet regime dropped its opposition to bour geois sport and moved toward integration into the international sport system it had previously denounced. The soviet union in the cold war from stalin to gorbachev the new cold war history in pdf or epub format and read it. Writing this book had much in common with soviet industrialization. Primary archival repositories in russia for russiansoviet history research.
History of the communist party of the soviet union. The proposed subject of this study is the limerick soviet 1919. The fall of tsarism supporting worksheet a study of the fall of tsarism and the revolutions of 1917 through the account of prince ysupov, the assassin of rasputin written in publisher, formatted to a3, the document can be amended and saved as a pdf for a4 printing. Sovietpolish nonaggression pact an international treaty of nonaggression signed in 1932 by representatives ofpoland and the ussr. Suppressed or hard to find documents about the ussr. Milton leitenberg, first author of the definitive history of the soviet bw program, 37 motivations aside, however, the aidsdisinformation campaign might already have been waning. I hope readers who lived through the cold war will also find the volume useful, because as marx once said groucho, not karl, outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. The history of soviet russia and the soviet union reflects a period of change for both russia and the world. The series weaves a neverbeforeseen archival film footage with interviews of witnesses from russia and the west to. Lazarev pdf files at hoover institution filed under. An introductory essay provides the broad outlines of soviet history, while chapter introductions summarize the main features and historical debates of each period. Reasons for the victory of the socialist revolution 204 7. A 1945 soviet edition of the 1938 short course history of the cpsub.
While i had lectured on soviet history for some time and had even begun to collect some data, my soviet project began in earnest on 1 january 1994 with a fiveyear plan to learn russian. Further, since illiteracy was common place, few private records survive. Conditions in russia before the russian revolution in 1917 overview of the revolution and its impact. Though the terms soviet russia and soviet union often are synonymous in everyday speech, when referring to the foundations of the soviet union, soviet russia properly refers to the few years between the october revolution of 1917 and the creation of the soviet union in 1922. Coming of age in the soviet union in the khrushchev and brezhnev years professor donald j. The documents presented here cover the period from 1917 to 1953, the years when first lenin and then stalin ruled the soviet union. The ins and outs of late soviet culture as he would have it, the soviet collapse was a totally hermetic, circular process whereby the more the immutable forms of the systems authoritative discourse were reproduced everywhere, the more the. This short history has been compiled from the study of a number of other works, in particular h. In the ussr, the study of history was marked by restrictions imposed by the communist party of the soviet union cpsu.
Soviet sport and transnational mass culture in the 1930s. Until now there has been no comprehensive, balanced documentary survey of the soviet union in any language. Daniels university of vermont press burlington, vermont published by university press of new england hanover and london. Soviet history archive special 100th anniversary of the russian revolution page. Moscow is the primary repository for sovietera military documents, including those form. This volume in the pages from history series explores the history of the soviet union from the eve of world war ii through its collapse and the years of transition from socialism to capitalism. To volunteer, ask questions, send comments or suggestions, contact mike b. This encyclopedia article was a first attempt to work out my idea of viewing soviet famines in light of the long history of famine, famine relief, and views of famine in russian history. Doing soviet history 17 publication in russian of major foreignauthored monographs on russian and soviet history, the writing of new historical textbooks, joint research initiatives, and a proliferation of exchange programs with foreign universities and agencies.
Fishers history of europe, paul crowsons a history of the russian people, and william l. Soviet historiography is the methodology of history studies by historians in the soviet union ussr. Lenins rule lasted from the bolshevik revolution of 7 november 1917, through his death on 21 january 1924, and then stalin progressively consolidated his power, winning out in a power struggle with rival bolshevik leaders such as bukharin and above all trotsky. Soviets are generally associated with the ussr but in ireland during the years 1919 to 1922 there were many soviets mainly in munster. New to the second edition ten new essays and documents, including jochen hellbecks the urge to struggle on 2006 and cars, cars, and more cars by lewis h.
Soviet and postsoviet politics and society, 1917 to the. Back to russia soviet union eurasia back to aip home page contents of volume 1. Russian revolution, civil war and ussr 19171991 eurodocs. History of the communist party of the soviet union 1939. Epsteins collection of documents on the history of rus siangerman. Ib sl history paper 2 ussr and stalin origins and nature of authoritarian and singleparty states conditions that led to the emergence of single party state. One of the least biased and most balanced accounts of the soviet union one can find, this author traveled throughout the country interviewing soviet citizens on various questions. Soviet historiography is itself the subject of modern studies. Bbc history filesoviet communism and the cold war ep1. Evidence from the soviet state and party archives c2001, ed. Archie brownis professor of politics at st antonys, oxford, and the author of the. This course explores the political and historical evolution of the soviet state and society from the 1917 revolution to the present. I hope readers who lived through the cold war will also find the volume useful, because as marx once said groucho, not karl, outside of a. This was documented by congressional investigations and.
How capitalism has been restored in the soviet union and what this means for the world struggle, by the revolutionary union predecessor organization to the rcp, chicago. Struggle of the bolshevik party to consolidate the soviet power. The majority of documents in this volume come from the years when stalin was head of. A documentary history of communism in russia from lenin to gorbachev edited, with introduction, notes, and original translations by robert v. Bbc history filesoviet communism and the cold war ep5. Gaddis, russia, the soviet union, and the united states 2nd ed. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. It covers the creation of a revolutionary regime, causes and nature of the stalin revolution, poststalinist efforts to achieve political and social reform, and causes of the soviet collapse. Essays in the social history of interwar russia new york. Some historians think that stalin allowed this to happen to. Pdf the main aim of this study is to offer a comparative analysis of historical. Lewin, the making of the soviet system, new york, 1985 4. The website gives links to pdf lists of archival fonds.
These developments proved to be as revolutionary on the field of russian studies. Please click on the image to access a short survey. The online document archive features newly declassifed documents from former eastbloc. The incarnation of early soviet ideology princeton. A social and economic history of the ussr in world war ii 1991. Bobrovskaya recollects her radicalization as a young worker in warsaw, and her years of underground work in europe and russia until the time of the first world war. A new history is meant chiefly, therefore, for a new generation of readers for whom the cold war was never current events. Decrees of the second congress of soviets on peace and land. For textbooks about the history of the soviet union in general, i suggest the rise and. As part of the sovietnazi nonaggression pact, finland was ceded to the ussr, along with the baltic nations and. Red files exposes a fascinating view of history from the soviet perspective.
Memoirs of a rankand file bolshevik, cecilia bobrovskaya 190515. Suppressed or difficult to find documents about the soviet union during both the socialist period up to the mid1950s and the revisionist period until the final collapse of the ussr in 1991. It also examines current developments in russia in light of soviet history. Gregory pdf files with commentary at hoover institution. The pact was unilaterally broken by the soviet union on september 17, 1939, during the nazi and soviet invasion of poland.
869 932 1453 890 1170 201 982 481 48 219 980 1310 622 1220 833 1328 1105 640 1043 721 669 297 992 1054 353 323 1366 1294 1345 323 763