1936 Constitution and mass political culture of Stalinism
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Why did Stalin need to introduce a new democratic constitution at the peak of his dictatorship? Why was so many mobilization efforts spent on her popular discussion within six months? Finally, why did the adoption of the Constitution in December 1936 unexpectedly turned into a turn to mass repressions of 1937–38? The book of the historian Olga Velikanova illuminates both the political conditions for the introduction of democratic freedoms from above, and the reaction of people to the promised step towards social reconciliation, liberalism and inclusive election reform. The author in detail analyzes public opinion during the discussion of the Basic Law, reinforcing his innovative conclusions about the Soviet political culture of the 1930s with certificates from diaries, private letters, memoirs, as well as materials of foreign intelligence. The reports of the party committees and the NKVD with places on conflicting responses to the Constitution, warnings about numerous enemies, broad discontent splashing out in the discussion, could, according to the author, change Stalin"s ideas about the Sovietization of society and move it to the turn: the final cleaning of the country from the “anti -Soviet elements” . Olga Velikanova is a professor of Russian history at the University of North Texas (USA), the author of five monographs on public opinion in the USSR
Author:
Author:Великанова Ольга
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Culture
- Category:Social Science & Politics
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-1266-2
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