Contributor
Brandenberger, David, editor.
ImprintNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxii, 744 pages : illustrations, facsimilies ; 24 cm.
Note:"The English translation is adapted from the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) published in Moscow by the State Foreign Languages Publishing House in 1939."--Title page verso.
Note:Introduction -- The struggle for the creation of a Social-Democratic Labour Party in Russia (1883-1901) -- Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Appearance of the Bolshevik and the Menshevik groups within the Party (1901-1904) -- The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the period of the Russo-Japanese War and the First Russian Revolution (1904-1907) -- The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the period of the Stolypin Reaction. The Bolsheviks constitute themselves as an independent Marxist Party (1908-1912) -- The Bolshevik Party during the new rise of the working-class movement before the First Imperialist War (1912-1914) -- The Bolshevik Party in the period of the Imperialist War. The Second Revolution in Russia (1914-March 1917) -- The Bolshevik Party in the period of preparation and realization of the October Socialist Revolution (April 1917-1918) -- The Bolshevik Party in the period of foreign military intervention and Civil War (1918-1920) -- The Bolshevik Party in the period of transition to the peaceful work of economic restoration (1921-1925) -- The Bolshevik Party in the struggle for the socialist industrialization of the country (1926-1929) -- The Bolshevik Party in the struggle for the collectivization of agriculture (1930-1934) -- The Bolshevik Party in the struggle to complete the building of the socialist society. Introduction of the New Constitution (1935-1937) -- Conclusion.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"The Short Course on the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) defined Stalinist ideology both at home and abroad. It was quite literally the master narrative of the USSR--a hegemonic statement on history, politics, and Marxism-Leninism that scripted Soviet society for a generation. This study exposes the enormous role that Stalin played in the development of this all-important text, as well as the unparalleled influence that he wielded over the Soviet historical imagination." --Dust jacket flap.
