Smolensk under Soviet rule
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Boston ; London :
Unwin Hyman
1989
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| Series: | Classics in Russian and Soviet history ;
2 |
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991010153149708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1 The background: the nature and significance of the Smolensk archive; Smolensk - land, people and history. Part 2 The pattern of controls: the Smolensk Party organization - a history of growth and crisis; party organization and controls at the Oblast level; governmental organization and problems of the Oblast; the role of the Raion in the Soviet control system; Belyi - a case study of the Raion Party organization; control at the grass roots - the outposts of authority in the villages; the organs of state security; the machinery of justice - the procuracy and the courts. Part 3 The impact of authority: crime in Smolensk - out of the police records; purges and people; the story of collectivization; life on the kolkhozes - some extracts from reports; the MTS - spearhead of control; the state farms - problems of control and management; the grievances of industrial workers; the party and the armed forces; party controls and higher education; censorship - a documented record; the right of petition - letters to the press and party headquarters; the Komsomols; the godly and the godless; Smolensk as a mirror of Soviet reality.
