About Russia, Its Revolutions, Its Development and Its Present (Prager Schriften zur Zeitgeschichte und zum Zeitgeschehen .10) （2016. 191 S. 210 mm）

Reiman, Michal/ Herausgegeben:Reiman, Michal

PETER LANG（2016発売）

PETER LANG（2016発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 191 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783631671368

Full Description

The author analyzes modern Russian history from a new perspective. Due to the ideological heritage of the XIXth and XXth centuries, the social settings of the sociopolitical history of the USSR (1917-1945) have not been fully identified. Detailed examination of ideological and political concepts shows that the revolution of 1917 became not a middle class, proletarian movement, but rather a plebeian one. The misjudgment by the new power enabled growth but caused tremendous losses of human lives and material damages. Socialization of economy and strict centralization led to a new social structure and established terror as an instrument for social reorganization. WWII revealed the necessity of a correction of these developments, but the events of the Cold War circumvented any further considerations.

Contents

History of the USSR (1917-1945) - Ideological heritage of the XIXth and XXth centuries - Characteristics of the Russian Revolution - Development of a totalitarian system - Market and socialization - National issues - Internal and foreign affairs - Terror and its functions - USSR and USA/UK before, during and after WWII.