Author: Joseph StalinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-45
Author: Alexander HillPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113576526X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This book consists of extracts from key documents, along with commentary and further reading, on the ‘Great Patriotic War’ of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, 1941-45. Despite the historical significance of the war, few Soviet documents have been published in English. This work provides translations of a range of extracts from Soviet documents relating to the titanic struggle on the Eastern Front during World War II, with commentary. This is the only single-volume work in English to use documentary evidence to look at the Soviet war effort from military, political, economic and diplomatic perspectives. The book should not only facilitate a deeper study of the Soviet war effort, but also allow more balanced study of what is widely known in the West as the ‘Eastern Front’. This book will be of much interest to students and scholars of military history, Soviet history, and World War II history.
On the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union
Author: Joseph StalinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union
Author: Iosif StalinThe Soviet Myth of World War II
Author: Jonathan BrunstedtPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108584888
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Provides a bold new interpretation of the Soviet myth of World War II from its Stalinist origins to its emergence as arguably the supreme myth of state under Brezhnev. Jonathan Brunstedt offers a timely historical investigation into the roots of the revival of the war's memory in Russia today.
On the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union
Author: Iosif V. StalinGreat Patriotic War of the Soviet Union
Author: M. M. MinasyanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet People
Author: Emelʹi︠a︡n I︠A︡roslavskiĭPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-1945
Author: Institut marksizma-leninizma (Moscow, Russia)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
The People's War
Author: Robert W. ThurstonPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252026003
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The People's War lifts the Stalinist veil of secrecy to probe an almost untold side of World War II: the experiences of the Soviet people themselves. Going beyond dry and faceless military accounts of the eastern front of the "Great Patriotic War" and the Soviet state's one-dimensional "heroic People," this volume explores how ordinary citizens responded to the war, Stalinist leadership, and Nazi invasion. Drawing on a wealth of archival and recently published material, contributors detail the calculated destruction of a Jewish town by the Germans and present a chilling picture of life in occupied Minsk. They look at the cultural developments of the war as well as the wartime experience of intellectuals, for whom the period was a time of relative freedom. They discuss women's myriad roles in combat and other spheres of activity. They also reassess the behavior and morale of ordinary Red Army troops and offer new conclusions about early crushing defeats at the hands of the Germans--defeats that were officially explained as cowardice on the part of high officers. A frank investigation of civilian life behind the front lines, The People's War provides a detailed, balanced picture of the Stalinist USSR by describing not only the command structure and repressive power of the state but also how people reacted to them, cooperated with or opposed them, and adapted or ignored central policy in their own ways. By putting the Soviet people back in their war, this volume helps restore the range and complexity of human experience to one of history's most savage periods.
Myths and Legends of the Eastern Front
Author: Boris SokolovPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526742276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
“This English translation of the original Russian work is thought provoking, challenging the ‘official’ version of what happened” during World War II (Firetrench). The memory of the Second World War on the Eastern Front—still referred to in modern Russia as the Great Patriotic War—is an essential element of Russian identity and history, as alive today as it was in Stalin’s time. It is represented as a defining episode, a positive historical myth that sustains the Russian national idea and unites the majority of Russian citizens. As a result, as Boris Sokolov shows in this powerful and thought-provoking study, the heroic and tragic side of the war is highlighted while the dark side—the incompetent, negligent and even criminal way the war was run—is overlooked. Although almost eighty years have passed since the defeat of Nazi Germany, he demonstrates that many of the fabrications put forward during the war and immediately afterwards persist into the present day. In a sequence of incisive chapters he uncovers the truth about famous wartime episodes that have been consistently misrepresented. His bold reinterpretation should go some way towards dispelling the enduring myths about the Great Patriotic War. It is necessary reading for anyone who is keen to understand how it continues to be distorted in Russia today.