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Practicing Stalinism: Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition
J. Arch Getty
Practicing Stalinism: Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition
J. Arch Getty
In old Russia, patron/client relations, "clan" politics, and a variety of other informal practices spanned the centuries. Using documents from the communist archives, the author shows how these political practices and traditions from old Russia have persisted throughout the twentieth-century Soviet Union and down to the present day.
384 pages, black & white tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | August 27, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780300169294 |
Publishers | Yale University Press |
Pages | 384 |
Dimensions | 167 × 240 × 26 mm · 706 g |
Language | English |