From the late 1920s onwards, forced collectivisation,
state-directed industrialisation, mass purging and the party's
control of culture, refashioned Russia and gave birth to a new type
of society. The 'second revolution' and its aftermath remodelled
the Soviet State and the Bolshevik party, restructured all
institutions and reconstituted all social relationships. Millions
found their lives changed forever. Nothing was untouched and no one
was unaffected. Presiding over these momentous changes was Joseph
Stalin, one of the twentieth century's most disturbing figures.
"The Stalinst Dictatorship" looks at the regime from three
different perspectives. Section one focuses on interpretations of
Stalin's character and attempts to explain the everlasting puzzle
of the relationship between events and personality. Section two
looks at Stalin's role within the Soviet Union, and sees him as
only one part (albeit an important one) of a complex culture of
politics and administration. The final section examines the ways in
which the Soviet people handled socialism, and how Stalinism
functioned on the ground. The vicissitudes in Stalin's reputation
reflect the vicissitudes of the history of the twentieth century
itself. Stalin became a symbol of a new system, a 'socialist'
alternative to the capatilist path.
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