The years of late Stalinism are one of the murkiest periods in Soviet history; best known to us through the voices of Ehrenburg; Khrushchev and Solzhenitsyn. This is a sweeping history of Russia from the end of the war to the Thaw by one of Russia's respected younger historians. Drawing on the resources of newly opened archives as well as the recent outpouring of published diaries and memoirs; Elena Zubkova presents a richly detailed portrayal of the basic conditions of people's lives in Soviet Russia from 1945 to 1957. She brings out the dynamics of postwar popular expectations and the cultural stirrings set in motion by the wartime experience versus the regime's determination to reassert command over territories and populations and the mechanisms of repression. Her interpretation of the period establishes the context for the liberalizing and reformist impulses that surfaced in the post-Stalin succession struggle; characterizing what would be the formative period for a future generation of leaders: Gorbachev; Yeltsin and their contemporaries.
#932060 in Books Ingramcontent 2016-12-28Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 11.10 x 1.30 x 9.10l; .0 #File Name: 0764350951240 pagesJewish Treasures of the Caribbean The Legacy of Judaism in the New World
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful pictures. Very interesting and I'm anxious to goBy Elizabeth CohnBeautiful pictures. Very interesting and I'm anxious to go back4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful book about Caribbean JeweryBy Pito SalasI just received this book in the mail. It is spectacular and beautiful. The photography is great. I can't wait to read it. It's a solid; quality; well printed; just beautiful book full of history and photography both old and new.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A beautiful work; if a missed opportunity in respects.By CuriousSuperb photography is present here; as expected from a professional photographer. The text is fair with reasonable summaries of the various synagogues present and with nothing much of particular that can be noted about a majority of neglected and frequently damaged cemeteries. The work has a useful description of the buildings and might have been somewhat improved if it integrated some more flow of the past history of the buildings that might have been researched; though admittedly only with some inflation of the text. The work has not chosen to take this pathway and; given its set task; it does succeed. It remains limited as to what it can tell the more globally-minded reader given its chosen orientation.As a work concerning the Caribbean Jewry; the work fails miserably; though as it is intended; as a measure of the artifacts of a largely-lost culture;the work succeeds admirably. In this regard; the work is more appropriately compared to an older work; the Dorfmanns' Synagogues Without Jews (Jewish Publishing Co; Phil. c. 2000. Even this work has chosen to try to personalize the largely remains of an earlier time. In compensation here; the photography is clearly of better quality.On the whole; the work is a worthwhile read.
