About Russia, Its Revolutions, Its Development and Its Present
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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Michal Reiman was Professor at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin and at the Institute for International Studies at Charles University Prague. He published in the USA, UK, Italy, Spain, Germany, Russia and the Czech Republic.
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History of the USSR (1917-1945) - Ideological heritage of the XIXth and XXth centuries - Characteristics of the Russian Revolution - Development of a totalitarian system - Market and socialization - National issues - Internal and foreign affairs - Terror and its functions - USSR and USA/UK before, during and after WWII.
