Popular Perceptions of Soviet Politics in the 1920s

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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.

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O. Velikanova

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“Velikanova has built her arguments using a commendable variety of sources in English and Russian, including correspondences, diaries, letters to newspapers, etc.; official Party, army, Komsomol, and trade union records, as well as accounts by foreign diplomats. She is judicious in her interpretations and takes care to show that all of her conclusions are based on this board and varied evidence that, taken together, tells a consonant, if complex and nuanced, story. Her book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of popular opinion in the Soviet Union of the 1920s and why Soviet politics turned fatally toward the Stalinist solution at the end of the decade.” (Anita Shelton, Eastern Illinois University writing for The Historian)

“Velikanova deserves praise for focusing our attention on the importantrole that fear of war played in shaping mentalities both popular and among the leadership in the 1920s, and, especially, on 1927 as a critical year in the shaping of Stalinist rule. Moreover, by amplifying the voices 'from below', she has helped enrich our understanding of the first decade of Soviet power and shown that the occupants of the Kremlin may have worried as much about their own citizens as they did about enemies abroad.” (Clayton Black, Washington College, MD, USA)

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