Popular perceptions of Soviet politics in the 1920s : disenchantment of the dreamers

Author(s)

• Velikanova, Olga

Bibliographic Information

Popular perceptions of Soviet politics in the 1920s : disenchantment of the dreamers

Olga Velikanova

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-242) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the first study of popular opinions in Soviet society in the 1920s. These voices which made the Russian revolution characterize reactions to mobilization politics: patriotic militarizing campaigns, the tenth anniversary of the revolution and state attempts to unite the nation around a new Soviet identity.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs List of Tables Acknowledgements Glossary and Abbreviations Introduction Mobilization Model and Popular Opinions in the USSR. Historiographical Context Society in the 1920s: Everyday Hardships and Dissatisfaction Sources Foreign Threat: Leadership's and Popular Perceptions in 1923 and 1924 The War Scare of 1927: Power Discourse The War Scare of 1927: Popular Perceptions Rural Consolidation against the Soviet Politics: Peasant Union Movement in the 1920s The Crisis of Faith. Popular Reactions to the Tenth Anniversary of October Revolution Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB1247393X
• ISBN:
  • 9781137030740
• LCCN: 2012041217
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 251 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DK268.4
  • DC23 : 947.084/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936
  • LCSH : Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1917-1945
  • LCSH : Political leadership -- Soviet Union -- History
  • LCSH : Public opinion -- Soviet Union -- History
  • LCSH : Politics and culture -- Soviet Union -- History
  • LCSH : Popular culture -- Soviet Union -- History