About Russia, Its Revolutions, Its Development and Its Present
Publisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers; Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften; Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Published: Jul 29, 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9783631671368; 9783653064735; 9783631695555
Subjects: Sociology & anthropology; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Political science & theory
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.
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