Russia Under Khrushchev

Author : Alexander Werth
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787205130

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Russia Under Khrushchev by Alexander Werth Pdf

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (1894-1971) was a politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953-1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958-1964. Khrushchev was responsible for the de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy. Khrushchev’s party colleagues removed him from power in 1964, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier. Originally published in 1961, “concerns what I call the Khrushchev phase, rather than the Khrushchev epoch. An “epoch” suggests something complete, with clearly-defined limits and contours, and sharply-marked characteristics. A “phase,” especially one still in progress, is something much more fluid. During these years, dominated by Khrushchev, the most changeable, most empirical and sometimes most unpredictable of Soviet leaders, Russia continues to be in a state of flux and transition.” (Author’s Note) The book is a political and cultural analysis of Khrushchev’s Russia and its relations with the West, and particularly with the United States. “From inside the Iron Curtain...a very human portrayal.”—The Times, London

Author : Jeremy Smith,Melanie Ilic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136831812

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Khrushchev in the Kremlin by Jeremy Smith,Melanie Ilic Pdf

This book presents a new picture of the politics, economics and process of government in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev. Based in large part on original research in recently declassified archive collections, the book examines the full complexity of government, including formal and informal political relationships; economic reforms and nationality relations in the national republics of the USSR; the treatment of political dissent; economic progress through technological innovation; relations with the Eastern bloc; corruption and deceit in the economy; and the reform of the railways and construction sectors. The book re-evaluates the Khrushchev era as one which represented a significant departure from the Stalin years, introducing a number of policy changes that only came to fruition later, whilst still suffering from many of the limitations imposed by the Stalinist system. Unlike many other studies which consider the subject from the perspective of the Cold War and superpower relations, this book provides an overview of the internal development of the Soviet Union in this period, locating it in the broader context of Soviet history. This is the companion volume to the Jeremy Smith and Melanie Ilic’s previous edited collection, Soviet State and Society under Nikita Khrushchev (Routledge, 2009).

Author : William Taubman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393081725

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Khrushchev: The Man and His Era by William Taubman Pdf

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during the first decade after Stalin's death, Khrushchev left a contradictory stamp on his country and on the world. His life and career mirror the Soviet experience: revolution, civil war, famine, collectivization, industrialization, terror, world war, cold war, Stalinism, post-Stalinism. Complicit in terrible Stalinist crimes, Khrushchev nevertheless retained his humanity: his daring attempt to reform communism prepared the ground for its eventual collapse; and his awkward efforts to ease the cold war triggered its most dangerous crises. This is the first comprehensive biography of Khrushchev and the first of any Soviet leader to reflect the full range of sources that have become available since the USSR collapsed. Combining a page-turning historical narrative with penetrating political and psychological analysis, this book brims with the life and excitement of a man whose story personified his era.

Author : Fedor Burlat︠s︡kiĭ
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015025239206

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Khrushchev and the First Russian Spring by Fedor Burlat︠s︡kiĭ Pdf

The road to glastnost and perestroika began with Nikita Khrushchev. It was his 1956 "secret speech" to the Twentieth Party Congress that, for the first time, publicly acknowledged the horrors of Stalinism and sparked the dismantling of the stultifying Stalin regime. One of Khrushchev's closest advisors has now written the true story of his rule. 12 pages of halftones.

Author : Problems of Communism
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : UOM:39015015198438

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Russia Under Khrushchev by Problems of Communism Pdf

Author : Melanie Ilic,Jeremy Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134023639

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Soviet State and Society Under Nikita Khrushchev by Melanie Ilic,Jeremy Smith Pdf

This book examines the social and cultural impact of the 'thaw' in Cold War relations, decision-making and policy formation in the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev. With individual case studies exploring key aspects of Khrushchev's period of office, it offers an important new perspective on the Khrushchev era.

Author : Abraham Brumberg
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 809 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000866711

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Russia under Kruschev by Abraham Brumberg Pdf

First Published in 1962, Russia under Kruschev is a comprehensive collection of articles from Problems of Communism, a journal published by U.S. Information Agency. These provide a chronological and thematic commentary on internal developments in Soviet Union varying from the changes in official ideology to the latest development in Soviet agriculture. They provide the broadest picture of the political, economic, and cultural trends of Kruschev’s Russia, and represent a galaxy of writing talent including work by Carew Hunt, Lowenthal, Avon, Dallin, de Jouvenel, Peter Wiles and others. This is an interesting read for scholars of Russian history and Soviet history.

Author : Melanie Ilič,Jeremy Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political culture
ISBN : 0415476488

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Khrushchev in the Kremlin by Melanie Ilič,Jeremy Smith Pdf

Considers politics, economics and the process of government in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev. This book examines the complexity of government, including central government, individual ministries, regional leaders, separate institutions such as the military, and the lower levels of the Communist Party.

Author : Deborah A. Field
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0820495026

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Private Life and Communist Morality in Khrushchev's Russia by Deborah A. Field Pdf

Drawing on previously inaccessible records, this book discusses love, sex, marriage, divorce, and child-rearing during Khrushchev's «thaw» of the 1950s and early 1960s. It analyses the Soviet government's attempts to supervise private life and enforce communist morality, and it describes the diverse ways in which people responded to official prescriptions. Written in a lively and accessible style, this book provides an innovative exploration of the interactions between Soviet ideology and everyday life.

Author : M. Ilic,S. Reid,L. Attwood
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230523432

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Women in the Khrushchev Era by M. Ilic,S. Reid,L. Attwood Pdf

This collection of essays examines women in the Khrushchev era, using both newly-accessible archival material and a re-reading of published sources. Exploring diverse subjects including housing, space flight, women workers, cinema, religion and consumption, the volume places the analysis of specific events or issues within a broader discussion of economic, political, ideological and international developments to provide a full analysis of the era.

Author : Sergei N. Khrushchev
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780271043463

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Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower by Sergei N. Khrushchev Pdf

Author : Martin Malia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439118542

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Soviet Tragedy by Martin Malia Pdf

"The Soviet Tragedy is an essential coda to the literature of Soviet studies...Insofar as [he] returns the power of ideology to its central place in Soviet history, Malia has made an enormous contribution. He has written the history of a utopian illusion and the tragic consequences it had for the people of the Soviet Union and the world." -- David Remnick, The New York Review of Books "In Martin Malia, the Soviet Union had one of its most acute observers. With this book, it may well have found the cornerstone of its history." -- Francois Furet, author of Interpreting the French Revolution "The Soviet Tragedy offers the most thorough scholarly analysis of the Communist phenomenon that we are likely to get for a long while to come...Malia states that his narrative is intended 'to substantiate the basic argument,' and this is certainly an argumentative book, which drives its thesis home with hammer blows. On this breathtaking journey, Malia is a witty and often brilliantly penetrating guide. He has much wisdom to impart." -- The Times Literary Supplement "This is history at the high level, well deployed factually, but particularly worthwhile in the philosophical and political context -- at once a view and an overview." -- The Washington Post

Author : William Taubman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393245684

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Gorbachev: His Life and Times by William Taubman Pdf

A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist “Essential reading for the twenty-first [century].” —Radhika Jones, The New York Times Book Review In the first comprehensive biography of Mikhail Gorbachev, William Taubman shows how a peasant boy clambered to the top of a system designed to keep people like him down, found common ground with America’s arch-conservative president Ronald Reagan, and permitted the USSR and its East European empire to break apart without using force to preserve them. Drawing on interviews with Gorbachev himself, transcripts and documents from the Russian archives, and interviews with Kremlin aides and adversaries, Taubman’s intensely personal portrait extends to Gorbachev’s remarkable marriage to a woman he deeply loved. Nuanced and poignant, yet unsparing and honest, this sweeping account has all the amplitude of a great Russian novel.

Author : Michael Gibson
Publisher : Wayland
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : WISC:89004734687

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Russia Under Stalin by Michael Gibson Pdf

Author : Cyril E. Black
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000011180

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Understanding Soviet Politics by Cyril E. Black Pdf

To what extent did the Russian revolution of 1917 bring about the changes wanted by the Bolsheviks? Why did many of these changes fail to materialize? How has the Russian heritage adapted to the challenges facing all modernizing societies? What does Russia's past tell us about the present role of the USSR in world affairs? In this collection of essays, which includes new part and chapter introductions, Dr. Black discusses these questions, examining the major issues that shape our understanding of Soviet politics. Beginning with a general exploration of the ways the traditional heritage of the Russian empire has both helped and hindered the adaptation of Soviet society to the contemporary world, he illustrates the extent to which the Russian empire was already evolving into a modern society before World War · I. The author analyzes the modernization of the USSR, emphasizing the interaction of tradition and modernity and the ways the Russian heritage of institutions and values has been adapted since 1861 to the needs of political development, economic growth, and social integration. Comparisons are made with a wide range of societies, first in 1967 the fiftieth anniversary of the Russian revolution and again in the 1980s. The book considers the past and present relations of Russia/USSR with the outside world in the context of universal societal changes. Dr. Black discusses such questions as the differences between the foreign policy objectives of Czarist Russia and the Soviet Union; the degree to which Russia/USSR has been able to influence other countries through means other than military power; and, drawing on his experience in Bulgaria, the origins of the cold war. The book concludes with Dr. Black's personal interview with Nikita Khrushchev, a discussion that provides rare insights into the thought processes of a leading Soviet statesman at the height of his power