About Russia, Its Revolutions, Its Development and Its Present
Series:
Michal Reiman
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.
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2016. 191 pp.
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author(s)/editor(s)
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. About the Russian Revolution of 1917
- The Russia’s Maturity Level
- The Russian Revolution of 1917 and Its Causes. Russian Marxism and the Bolshevics as a Political Party
- The Russian Revolution as a Plebeian Revolution
- 2. The “Building Socialism” in the early 1920s
- The War Communism and the NEP
- The Events of 1923 in Germany and the Origin of the “Left Opposition” in the USSR
- The Party and the Opposition after Lenin
- The Opposition and the NEP
- 3. The NEP Crisis and Suppressing of the Left Opposition
- The Year 1925 and Crush of Soviet Industrial Planing
- Tautening International Relations and the NEP Crisis
- The Party and Opposition in 1927. The “Platform” of Opposition
- 4. The Stalin’s “second” Revolution
- The 1928 Crisis and Stalin’s Conflict with the Party “Rightists”
- Stalin, his First Five-Year Plan and Related Issues
- Collectivisation of Agriculture and Its Consequences
- The 1932–1933 Famine and Changes in Stalin’s Politics
- 5. Stalin’s “Soft Course” and the Soviet 1930s Phenomenon
- The Stalin’s new Soviet Society
- Kirov’s Murder and the Turning Point in Stalin’s Domestic Policy
- Changes in the International Situation and Soviet Politics
- Stalin’s Constitution
- 6. Stalin’s “St. Bartholomew’s Day”
- 7. Consequences of Mass Massacre of the Soviet Elites
- The Country after the Mass Massacre of Elites
- USSR on the Brink of War
- 8. The USSR in the Second World War, 1941–1945
- 22 June 1941
- Consolidation of the Soviet Leadership and Command
- The 1943 – Turning Point of the War
- Stalingrad and Kursk
- 9. The USSR and Western Allies
- Connection and contradiction of the Allies
- Tehran
- 10. The USSR and East-Central Europe
- The USSR at the Countries of East Central Europe and Balkan on the End of War
- Churchill, Stalin and the “Percentage Agreement”
- Yalta and Potsdam
- 11. The USSR as the New World Superpower
- A Few Words in Conclusion
- Резюме
- Bibliography
- Index

- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author(s)/editor(s)
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. About the Russian Revolution of 1917
- The Russia’s Maturity Level
- The Russian Revolution of 1917 and Its Causes. Russian Marxism and the Bolshevics as a Political Party
- The Russian Revolution as a Plebeian Revolution
- 2. The “Building Socialism” in the early 1920s
- The War Communism and the NEP
- The Events of 1923 in Germany and the Origin of the “Left Opposition” in the USSR
- The Party and the Opposition after Lenin
- The Opposition and the NEP
- 3. The NEP Crisis and Suppressing of the Left Opposition
- The Year 1925 and Crush of Soviet Industrial Planing
- Tautening International Relations and the NEP Crisis
- The Party and Opposition in 1927. The “Platform” of Opposition
- 4. The Stalin’s “second” Revolution
- The 1928 Crisis and Stalin’s Conflict with the Party “Rightists”
- Stalin, his First Five-Year Plan and Related Issues
- Collectivisation of Agriculture and Its Consequences
- The 1932–1933 Famine and Changes in Stalin’s Politics
- 5. Stalin’s “Soft Course” and the Soviet 1930s Phenomenon
- The Stalin’s new Soviet Society
- Kirov’s Murder and the Turning Point in Stalin’s Domestic Policy
- Changes in the International Situation and Soviet Politics
- Stalin’s Constitution
- 6. Stalin’s “St. Bartholomew’s Day”
- 7. Consequences of Mass Massacre of the Soviet Elites
- The Country after the Mass Massacre of Elites
- USSR on the Brink of War
- 8. The USSR in the Second World War, 1941–1945
- 22 June 1941
- Consolidation of the Soviet Leadership and Command
- The 1943 – Turning Point of the War
- Stalingrad and Kursk
- 9. The USSR and Western Allies
- Connection and contradiction of the Allies
- Tehran
- 10. The USSR and East-Central Europe
- The USSR at the Countries of East Central Europe and Balkan on the End of War
- Churchill, Stalin and the “Percentage Agreement”
- Yalta and Potsdam
- 11. The USSR as the New World Superpower
- A Few Words in Conclusion
- Резюме
- Bibliography
- Index