Late Stalinist Russia : society between reconstruction and reinvention /
Furst, Juliane,1973-
London ; New York : Routledge,
2006.
Includes index.
Introduction : late Stalinist society : history, policies and people -- When the war was over -- Population, politics and reproduction : late Stalinism and its legacy -- The bitter legacy of the "Great Patriotic War" : Red Army disabled soldiers under late Stalinism -- Subversive tales? : war rumours in the Soviet Union 1945-47 -- Barracks, queues and private plots : post-war urban and rural landscapes -- Standard of living versus quality of life : struggling with the urban environment in Russia during the early years of post-war reconstruction -- "Into the grey zone" : sham peasants and the limits of the kolkhoz order in the post-war Russian village, 1945-1953 -- The corrupted state : war and the rise of the second economy -- A "campaign spasm" : graft and the limits of the "campaign" against bribery after the Great Patriotic War -- A darker "big deal" : concealing party crimes in the post-Second World War era -- New generations : identity between the yesterday of war and the possibilities of tomorrow -- More than just Stalinists : the political sentiments of victors, 1945-1953 -- Children's lives after Zoia's death : order, emotions, and heroism in children's lives and literature in the post-war Soviet Union -- The importance of being stylish : youth, culture and identity in late Stalinism -- Post-war spaces : reconstructing a new world -- "Where should we resettle the comrades next?" : the adjudication of housing claims and the construction of the post-war order -- The Moscow Gorky Street in late Stalinism : space, history, and Lebenswelten -- Conclusion : Late Stalinism in historical perspective.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953.