Life and terror in Stalin's Russia, 1934-1941
by Robert W. Thurston · 1996
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Examining Stalin's reign of terror, this text argues that the Soviet people were not simply victims but also actors in the violence, criticisms and local decisions of the 1930s. It suggests that more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened by it.
Politics and governmentKommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo SoiuzaPurgesTotalitarianismPolitical purgesKommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uzaStalin, joseph, 1879-1953Soviet union, politics and government, 1917-1991Kommunisticheskaia partiia sovetskogo soiuzaSoviet union, history, 1925-1953TerreurDagelijks leven