17.57J / 21H.467J Soviet Politics and Society, 1917-1991, Spring 2003
At its greatest extent the former Soviet Union encompassed a geographical area that covered one-sixth of the Earth's landmass. It spanned 11 time zones and contained over 100 distinct nationalities, 22 of which numbered over one million in population. In the 74 years from the October Revolution...
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| description | At its greatest extent the former Soviet Union encompassed a geographical area that covered one-sixth of the Earth's landmass. It spanned 11 time zones and contained over 100 distinct nationalities, 22 of which numbered over one million in population. In the 74 years from the October Revolution in 1917 to the fall of Communism in 1991, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, its leaders and its people, had to face a number of difficult challenges: the overthrow of the Tsarist autocracy, the establishment of a new state, four years of civil war, a famine, transition to a mixed economy, political strife after Lenin's death, industrialization, collectivization, a second famine, political Show Trials, World War II, post-war reconstruction and repression, the "Thaw" after Stalin's death, Khrushchev's experimentation, and Brezhnev's decline. Each of these challenges engendered new solutions and modifications in what can be loosely called the evolving "Soviet system." |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1064982019-09-12T17:12:36Z 17.57J / 21H.467J Soviet Politics and Society, 1917-1991, Spring 2003 Soviet Politics and Society, 1917-1991 Woodruff, David Wood, Elizabeth A. Soviet Union politics communism history socialist republics world war two stalin khruschev brezhnev october revolution political economy lenin industrialization collectivism repression society culture Soviet system U.S.S.R. Soviet society political reform social reform communism revolutionary regime Stalin revolution post-Stalinist Soviet collapse political history 17.57J 21H.467J 17.57 21H.467 Soviet Union -- History Soviet Union -- History At its greatest extent the former Soviet Union encompassed a geographical area that covered one-sixth of the Earth's landmass. It spanned 11 time zones and contained over 100 distinct nationalities, 22 of which numbered over one million in population. In the 74 years from the October Revolution in 1917 to the fall of Communism in 1991, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, its leaders and its people, had to face a number of difficult challenges: the overthrow of the Tsarist autocracy, the establishment of a new state, four years of civil war, a famine, transition to a mixed economy, political strife after Lenin's death, industrialization, collectivization, a second famine, political Show Trials, World War II, post-war reconstruction and repression, the "Thaw" after Stalin's death, Khrushchev's experimentation, and Brezhnev's decline. Each of these challenges engendered new solutions and modifications in what can be loosely called the evolving "Soviet system." 2003-06 17.57J-Spring2003 local: 17.57J local: 21H.467J local: IMSCP-MD5-41c2cc0b0741e3bd83bfb791307bfbef http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106498 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2017. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license") unless otherwise noted. The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. Usage Restrictions: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ text/html Spring 2003 |
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| topic | Soviet Union politics communism history socialist republics world war two stalin khruschev brezhnev october revolution political economy lenin industrialization collectivism repression society culture Soviet system U.S.S.R. Soviet society political reform social reform communism revolutionary regime Stalin revolution post-Stalinist Soviet collapse political history 17.57J 21H.467J 17.57 21H.467 Soviet Union -- History Soviet Union -- History |
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