This is a penetrating and up-to-date account of one of the dramatic aspects of 20th-century history. Published fifty years after Stalin's death, and fully revised and expanded, this second edition looks at the entire period of his rule and includes chapters on ideology, politics, economic ...
The book examines the history of Czechoslovakia in the seventy years since its founding by T.G.Masaryk. It analyses the profound changes which took place during the First Republic, the Nazi occupation, postwar liberation and communist rule, including both the Stalinist years, the Prague Spring of...
Christopher Read guides the reader through the turbulent history of the Stalin years using post-Soviet articles which provide more balanced and scholarly assessments of the leader's time in power. The essays examine not only Stalin's central role and the key points of his rule from the late 19...
Russia on Friday sentenced three lawyers who had defendedAlexey Navalnyto several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.The sentences come in the midst of a massive crackdown duringMoscow's Ukraine offensiveand as Russia seeks to pun...
Chaos and conflict existed in Portugal in the months following the military's overthrow of the dictatorship in April 1974. At that time the prospects for democracy did not seem bright, and many thought that Portugal's Stalinist communist party would come to power. This pessimism was shared by...
tongue-in-cheek speeches in court, attempts to sue officials and long legal tirades defying prosecutors. He had denounced the arrest of his lawyers in October 2023 as an attempt to further isolate him. Kobzev last week compared Moscow's current crackdown on dissent to Stalin-era mass ...
Time had earlier selected four other Kremlin leaders for the distinction: Stalin, who was chosen twice, Nikita Khrushchev, Yuri Andropov and Mikhail Gorbachev. 1. What does the underlined word "feat" in Para 5 probably mean? A. Style. ...
The book examines the history of Czechoslovakia in the seventy years since its founding by T.G.Masaryk. It analyses the profound changes which took place during the First Republic, the Nazi occupation, postwar liberation and communist rule, including both the Stalinist years, the Prague Spring of...
and Sound" list of Best Documentaries of all time). By referencing Svilova's own kinetically exhilarating montage style, "Woman with an Editing Bench" reveals her fierce tenacity and fleet thinking as she dodges the bureaucracy and sustains revolutionary filmmaking in spite of Stalin's oppression...
From Russia with Love ; Dmitry Shostakovich Survived Stalin's Rule by the Skin of His Teeth. but Is His Music Really the Soviet Propaganda That Many People... S Byrnes - El-Ahwat, A Fortified Site from the Early Iron Age Near Nahal ‘Iron, Israel 被引量: 0发表: 2012年 Soviet Music...