"Uses newly opened archives as well as published sources to examine the clash that occurred between the state and the Russian peasantry in the formative years o

The first archive-based study of official corruption under Stalin and a compelling new look at the textures of everyday Soviet life after World War II In the So

Leading scholars in the field analyse the Soviet economy sector by sector to make available, in textbook form, the results of the latest research on Soviet indu

The author sheds light on a little-known chapter of U.S.-Soviet relations, using diaries, memoirs, and letters to recall the efforts of nearly 300 relief worker

Masters at visual propaganda, the Bolsheviks produced thousands of vivid and compelling posters after they seized power in October 1917. Intended for a semi-lit