Moscow 1956 : : The Silenced Spring / / Kathleen E. Smith.
In 1956 Khrushchev stunned Communists by reciting a litany of Stalin’s abuses. His bid to rejuvenate the Party opened the door to upheaval, as Soviet citizens asked where the system had gone astray. Kathleen Smith contends that the year’s brief thaw set in motion a cycle of reform and retrenchment t...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (448 p.) :; 28 halftones, 1 map |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. JANUARY: After the Ice -- 2. FEBRUARY: A Sudden Thaw -- 3. MARCH: A Flood of Questions -- 4. APRIL: Early Spring -- 5. MAY: Fresh Air -- 6. JUNE: First Flush of Youth -- 7. JULY: Intellectual Heat -- 8. AUGUST: By the Sweat of Their Brows -- 9. SEPTEMBER: Ocean Breezes -- 10. OCTOBER: Storm Clouds -- 11. NOVEMBER: Winds from the East -- 12. DECEMBER: The Big Chill -- Epilogue -- Afterlives -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | In 1956 Khrushchev stunned Communists by reciting a litany of Stalin’s abuses. His bid to rejuvenate the Party opened the door to upheaval, as Soviet citizens asked where the system had gone astray. Kathleen Smith contends that the year’s brief thaw set in motion a cycle of reform and retrenchment that would recur until the Soviet Union’s collapse. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674977488 9783110543315 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674977488 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Kathleen E. Smith. |