Author: Vadim Zakharovich Rogovin
Publisher: Mehring Books
ISBN: 0929087771
Category : Opposition (Political science)
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The first major study by a Russian Marxist Historian of the Stalinist purges which are often collectively reffered to by the year they reached their greatest intensity: 1937. Rogovin shows that the purges were aimed at the physical annihilation of the growing socialist opposition to Stalin's bureaucratic regime. Focused on Leon Trotsky and his thousands of supporters, the purges were a blow against the October Revolution, its leaders and its heritage.
1937
Author: Vadim Zakharovich Rogovin
Publisher: Mehring Books
ISBN: 0929087771
Category : Opposition (Political science)
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The first major study by a Russian Marxist Historian of the Stalinist purges which are often collectively reffered to by the year they reached their greatest intensity: 1937. Rogovin shows that the purges were aimed at the physical annihilation of the growing socialist opposition to Stalin's bureaucratic regime. Focused on Leon Trotsky and his thousands of supporters, the purges were a blow against the October Revolution, its leaders and its heritage.
Publisher: Mehring Books
ISBN: 0929087771
Category : Opposition (Political science)
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The first major study by a Russian Marxist Historian of the Stalinist purges which are often collectively reffered to by the year they reached their greatest intensity: 1937. Rogovin shows that the purges were aimed at the physical annihilation of the growing socialist opposition to Stalin's bureaucratic regime. Focused on Leon Trotsky and his thousands of supporters, the purges were a blow against the October Revolution, its leaders and its heritage.
Violent Entrepreneurs
Author: Vadim Volkov
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501703285
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Entering the shady world of what he calls "violent entrepreneurship," Vadim Volkov explores the economic uses of violence and coercion in Russia in the 1990s. Violence has played, he shows, a crucial role in creating the institutions of a new market economy. The core of his work is competition among so-called violence-managing agencies—criminal groups, private security services, private protection companies, and informal protective agencies associated with the state—which multiplied with the liberal reforms of the early 1990s. This competition provides an unusual window on the dynamics of state formation.Violent Entrepreneurs is remarkable for its research. Volkov conducted numerous interviews with members of criminal groups, heads of protection companies, law enforcement employees, and businesspeople. He bases his findings on journalistic and anecdotal evidence as well as on his own personal observation. Volkov investigates the making of violence-prone groups in sports clubs (particularly martial arts clubs), associations for veterans of the Soviet—Afghan war, ethnic gangs, and regionally based social groups, and he traces the changes in their activities across the decade. Some groups wore state uniforms and others did not, but all of their members spoke and acted essentially the same and were engaged in the same activities: intimidation, protection, information gathering, dispute management, contract enforcement, and taxation. Each group controlled the same resource—organized violence.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501703285
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Entering the shady world of what he calls "violent entrepreneurship," Vadim Volkov explores the economic uses of violence and coercion in Russia in the 1990s. Violence has played, he shows, a crucial role in creating the institutions of a new market economy. The core of his work is competition among so-called violence-managing agencies—criminal groups, private security services, private protection companies, and informal protective agencies associated with the state—which multiplied with the liberal reforms of the early 1990s. This competition provides an unusual window on the dynamics of state formation.Violent Entrepreneurs is remarkable for its research. Volkov conducted numerous interviews with members of criminal groups, heads of protection companies, law enforcement employees, and businesspeople. He bases his findings on journalistic and anecdotal evidence as well as on his own personal observation. Volkov investigates the making of violence-prone groups in sports clubs (particularly martial arts clubs), associations for veterans of the Soviet—Afghan war, ethnic gangs, and regionally based social groups, and he traces the changes in their activities across the decade. Some groups wore state uniforms and others did not, but all of their members spoke and acted essentially the same and were engaged in the same activities: intimidation, protection, information gathering, dispute management, contract enforcement, and taxation. Each group controlled the same resource—organized violence.
Memoirs of the Devil
Author: Roger Vadim
Publisher: New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
ISBN: 9780151119066
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
ISBN: 9780151119066
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Vadim
Author: Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : Ardis
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : Ardis
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
New York Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Russia's Capitalist Realism
Author: Vadim Shneyder
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810142481
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Russia’s Capitalist Realism examines how the literary tradition that produced the great works of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Anton Chekhov responded to the dangers and possibilities posed by Russia’s industrial revolution. During Russia’s first tumultuous transition to capitalism, social problems became issues of literary form for writers trying to make sense of economic change. The new environments created by industry, such as giant factories and mills, demanded some kind of response from writers but defied all existing forms of language. This book recovers the rich and lively public discourse of this volatile historical period, which Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov transformed into some of the world’s greatest works of literature. Russia’s Capitalist Realism will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth‐century Russian literature and history, the relationship between capitalism and literary form, and theories of the novel.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810142481
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Russia’s Capitalist Realism examines how the literary tradition that produced the great works of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Anton Chekhov responded to the dangers and possibilities posed by Russia’s industrial revolution. During Russia’s first tumultuous transition to capitalism, social problems became issues of literary form for writers trying to make sense of economic change. The new environments created by industry, such as giant factories and mills, demanded some kind of response from writers but defied all existing forms of language. This book recovers the rich and lively public discourse of this volatile historical period, which Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov transformed into some of the world’s greatest works of literature. Russia’s Capitalist Realism will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth‐century Russian literature and history, the relationship between capitalism and literary form, and theories of the novel.
The Perversion Of Knowledge
Author: Dr. Vadim J. Birstein
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 078675186X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
During the Soviet years, Russian science was touted as one of the greatest successes of the regime. Russian science was considered to be equal, if not superior, to that of the wealthy western nations. The Perversion of Knowledge, a history of Soviet science that focuses on its control by the KGB and the Communist Party, reveals the dark side of this glittering achievement. Based on the author's firsthand experience as a Soviet scientist, and drawing on extensive Russian language sources not easily available to the Western reader, the book includes shocking new information on biomedical experimentation on humans as well as an examination of the pernicious effects of Trofim Lysenko's pseudo-biology. Also included are many poignant case histories of those who collaborated and those who managed to resist, focusing on the moral choices and consequences. The text is accompanied by the author's own translations of key archival materials, making this work an essential resource for all those with a serious interest in Russian history.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 078675186X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
During the Soviet years, Russian science was touted as one of the greatest successes of the regime. Russian science was considered to be equal, if not superior, to that of the wealthy western nations. The Perversion of Knowledge, a history of Soviet science that focuses on its control by the KGB and the Communist Party, reveals the dark side of this glittering achievement. Based on the author's firsthand experience as a Soviet scientist, and drawing on extensive Russian language sources not easily available to the Western reader, the book includes shocking new information on biomedical experimentation on humans as well as an examination of the pernicious effects of Trofim Lysenko's pseudo-biology. Also included are many poignant case histories of those who collaborated and those who managed to resist, focusing on the moral choices and consequences. The text is accompanied by the author's own translations of key archival materials, making this work an essential resource for all those with a serious interest in Russian history.
LIFE
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Vadim
Author: Lana Sky
Publisher: Club XXX Box Sets
ISBN: 9781956608694
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Control: Book OneThe brother of a crime lord, dark, sexy Vadim has a troubled past - and rigid defenses. Little does he know that newly divorced Tiffany is about to threaten his hard-won control?A desperate divorcee on the hunt for some no-strings kinky fun.A brooding, sexy billionaire with a penchant for manipulation and mind games...What could possibly go wrong?Brother of the fiercest crime lord in Fair Haven, Vadim Gorgoshev has survived horrors most men couldn't imagine in their nightmares-and he's learned to thrive in the chaos.But the master of control meets his match when a fiery redhead crosses his path.Will the obsessive Vadim maintain the upper hand or will the reckless Tiffany turn his world upside down?Corrupt: Book TwoWith Vadim's control stretched to its breaking point, he aims to turn the tables by enacting Tiffany's wildest fantasies-whether she wants him to or not. The harder she finds it to resist him, the more she becomes swept into his growing family, forced to reassess her previous boundaries.But when Vadim's past comes back to haunt him, the chaos threatens to ignite their budding relationship?And destroy it for good.Conquer: Book ThreeWhen a ghost from Vadim's past returns to haunt him, he resorts to his worst instincts-putting his relationship with Tiffany to the test. With no end to his paranoia in sight, Tiffany is forced to decide once and for all whether to conquer their shared demons together...Or protect her heart by walking away for good.Vadim's trilogy can be enjoyed without first reading Maxim's trilogy or read as a continuation to Maxim's series.
Publisher: Club XXX Box Sets
ISBN: 9781956608694
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Control: Book OneThe brother of a crime lord, dark, sexy Vadim has a troubled past - and rigid defenses. Little does he know that newly divorced Tiffany is about to threaten his hard-won control?A desperate divorcee on the hunt for some no-strings kinky fun.A brooding, sexy billionaire with a penchant for manipulation and mind games...What could possibly go wrong?Brother of the fiercest crime lord in Fair Haven, Vadim Gorgoshev has survived horrors most men couldn't imagine in their nightmares-and he's learned to thrive in the chaos.But the master of control meets his match when a fiery redhead crosses his path.Will the obsessive Vadim maintain the upper hand or will the reckless Tiffany turn his world upside down?Corrupt: Book TwoWith Vadim's control stretched to its breaking point, he aims to turn the tables by enacting Tiffany's wildest fantasies-whether she wants him to or not. The harder she finds it to resist him, the more she becomes swept into his growing family, forced to reassess her previous boundaries.But when Vadim's past comes back to haunt him, the chaos threatens to ignite their budding relationship?And destroy it for good.Conquer: Book ThreeWhen a ghost from Vadim's past returns to haunt him, he resorts to his worst instincts-putting his relationship with Tiffany to the test. With no end to his paranoia in sight, Tiffany is forced to decide once and for all whether to conquer their shared demons together...Or protect her heart by walking away for good.Vadim's trilogy can be enjoyed without first reading Maxim's trilogy or read as a continuation to Maxim's series.
TO WHAT END?!
Author: Andy A. Afrouz
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499019297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499019297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description