Download PDF by Peter Kenez: A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End

By Peter Kenez

An exam of political, social and cultural advancements within the Soviet Union. The booklet identifies the social tensions and political inconsistencies that spurred radical switch within the executive of Russia, from the flip of the century to the revolution of 1917. Kenez envisions that revolution as a quandary of authority that posed the query, 'Who shall govern Russia?' this query was once resolved with the construction of the Soviet Union. Kenez lines the advance of the Soviet Union from the Revolution, throughout the Nineteen Twenties, the years of the hot financial regulations and into the Stalinist order. He indicates how post-Stalin Soviet leaders struggled to discover how you can rule the rustic with out utilizing Stalin's tools but in addition with out overtly repudiating the previous, and to barter a calm yet antipathetic coexistence with the capitalist West. during this moment version, he additionally examines the post-Soviet interval, tracing Russia's improvement as much as the time of publication.

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