Russia after Lenin : politics, culture and society, 1921-1929 /
Brovkin, Vladimir N.
Russia after Lenin : politics, culture and society, 1921-1929 / Vladimir Brovkin. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1998. - 1 online resource (viii, 266 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-259) and index.
Introduction: Revolutionary identity -- 1. Extracting socially alien elements -- 2. The culture of the new elite, 1921-5: ascetic knights and drinking pals -- 3. Bolshevik actions and peasants' reactions, 1921-5: face the village, face defeat -- 4. Propaganda and popular belief -- 5. The Komsomol and youth: a transmission belt that snapped -- 6. Women: false promises, dashed hopes and the pretense of emancipation -- 7. Towards showdown in the countryside, 1926-8 -- 8. The proletariat against the vanguard -- 9. The Bolshevik old guard and the upstarts, 1924-9: down and out and up and coming -- 10. Conclusion.
By examining the contrast between Bolshevik propaganda claims and social reality, Brovkin explains how Communist representations were variously received and resisted by workers, peasants, students, women, teachers and party officials. He presents a picture of cultural diversity and rejection of Communist constraints through many means including unauthorized protest, religion, jazz music and poetry. Brovkin argues that these trends endangered the Communist Party's monopoly on political power and argues that the Stalinist revolution can be seen as a preemptive strike against this independent and.
English.
0203979338 (electronic bk.) 9780203979334 (electronic bk.) 0415179912 (hbk.) 9780415179911 (hbk.) 9780415179928 (pbk.) 0415179920 (pbk.) 9786610144143 6610144141 1134680589 9781134680580 1280144149 9781280144141 (Paper) 1134680570 9781134680573
10.4324/9780203979334 doi
000013423440 AU
1917-1945
HISTORY.
Civilization.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
Soviet Union--Civilization.
Soviet Union--Social conditions--1917-1945.
URSS--Politique et gouvernement--1917-1936.
URSS--Civilisation.
URSS--Conditions sociales--1917-1945.
Soviet Union.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
DK266.5 / .B76 1998eb
947.084/2
Russia after Lenin : politics, culture and society, 1921-1929 / Vladimir Brovkin. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1998. - 1 online resource (viii, 266 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-259) and index.
Introduction: Revolutionary identity -- 1. Extracting socially alien elements -- 2. The culture of the new elite, 1921-5: ascetic knights and drinking pals -- 3. Bolshevik actions and peasants' reactions, 1921-5: face the village, face defeat -- 4. Propaganda and popular belief -- 5. The Komsomol and youth: a transmission belt that snapped -- 6. Women: false promises, dashed hopes and the pretense of emancipation -- 7. Towards showdown in the countryside, 1926-8 -- 8. The proletariat against the vanguard -- 9. The Bolshevik old guard and the upstarts, 1924-9: down and out and up and coming -- 10. Conclusion.
By examining the contrast between Bolshevik propaganda claims and social reality, Brovkin explains how Communist representations were variously received and resisted by workers, peasants, students, women, teachers and party officials. He presents a picture of cultural diversity and rejection of Communist constraints through many means including unauthorized protest, religion, jazz music and poetry. Brovkin argues that these trends endangered the Communist Party's monopoly on political power and argues that the Stalinist revolution can be seen as a preemptive strike against this independent and.
English.
0203979338 (electronic bk.) 9780203979334 (electronic bk.) 0415179912 (hbk.) 9780415179911 (hbk.) 9780415179928 (pbk.) 0415179920 (pbk.) 9786610144143 6610144141 1134680589 9781134680580 1280144149 9781280144141 (Paper) 1134680570 9781134680573
10.4324/9780203979334 doi
000013423440 AU
1917-1945
HISTORY.
Civilization.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
Soviet Union--Civilization.
Soviet Union--Social conditions--1917-1945.
URSS--Politique et gouvernement--1917-1936.
URSS--Civilisation.
URSS--Conditions sociales--1917-1945.
Soviet Union.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
DK266.5 / .B76 1998eb
947.084/2