The Great Urals
Subtitle: regionalism and the evolution of the Soviet system
By: James R. Harris
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Regionalism -- Russia (Federation) -- Ural Mountains Region -- History -- 20th century; Regional planning -- Russia (Federation) -- Ural Mountains Region -- History -- 20th century; Ural Mountains Region (Russia) -- Economic conditions; Soviet Union -- Economic policy -- 1933-1937
Description: "In both the East and the West, political histories of the Soviet Union have portrayed a powerful Kremlin leadership whose will was passively implemented by regional Party officials and institutions. Drawing on his research in recently opened archives in Moscow and the Urals - a vast territory that since the eighteenth century has been a vital center of the Russian mining and metallurgy industries - James R. Harris overturns this view.

He argues here that the regions have for centuries had strong identities and interests and that they cumulatively exerted a significant influence on Soviet policy-making and on the evolution of the Soviet system."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-230) and index