I chose freedom : the personal and political life of a Soviet official

Author(s)

• Kravchenko, Victor

Bibliographic Information

I chose freedom : the personal and political life of a Soviet official

Victor Kravchenko ; with a new introduction by Rett R. Ludwikowski

Transaction, c1989

Note

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Scribner's, 1946. With new introd

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

I Chose Freedom is melodramatic in title only. It is the work of an average communist party member during the Stalin era. Kravchenko was a technocrat who miraculously cut through the totalitarian fabric of Stalinist ideology to demonstrate the bureaucratization of Soviet life and the annihilation of genuine intermediate social structures, such as families, trade unions, professional and religious organizations. If one is to acquire a real appreciation of the magnitude of changes underway in the Soviet Union, one must first review the actual character of the totalitarian inheritance.

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Details

• NCID: BA06744547
• ISBN:
  • 0887387543
• LCCN: 88012348
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: rus
• Place of Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 496 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DK268.K7
  • DC19 : 947.084/092/4
  • DC19 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Kravchenko, Victor, 1905-1966
  • LCSH : Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-
  • LCSH : Refugees, Political -- Soviet Union -- Biography
  • LCSH : Communism -- Soviet Union