Late Stalinist Russia : society between reconstruction and reinvention /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Furst, Juliane, 1973-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 29.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : late Stalinist society : history, policies and people
  • When the war was over
  • Population, politics and reproduction : late Stalinism and its legacy
  • The bitter legacy of the "Great Patriotic War" : Red Army disabled soldiers under late Stalinism
  • Subversive tales? : war rumours in the Soviet Union 1945-47
  • Barracks, queues and private plots : post-war urban and rural landscapes
  • Standard of living versus quality of life : struggling with the urban environment in Russia during the early years of post-war reconstruction
  • "Into the grey zone" : sham peasants and the limits of the kolkhoz order in the post-war Russian village, 1945-1953
  • The corrupted state : war and the rise of the second economy
  • A "campaign spasm" : graft and the limits of the "campaign" against bribery after the Great Patriotic War
  • A darker "big deal" : concealing party crimes in the post-Second World War era
  • New generations : identity between the yesterday of war and the possibilities of tomorrow
  • More than just Stalinists : the political sentiments of victors, 1945-1953
  • Children's lives after Zoia's death : order, emotions, and heroism in children's lives and literature in the post-war Soviet Union
  • The importance of being stylish : youth, culture and identity in late Stalinism
  • Post-war spaces : reconstructing a new world
  • "Where should we resettle the comrades next?" : the adjudication of housing claims and the construction of the post-war order
  • The Moscow Gorky Street in late Stalinism : space, history, and Lebenswelten
  • Conclusion : Late Stalinism in historical perspective.