Inside the Stalin Archives : Discovering the New Russia
Jonathan Brent
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Inside the Stalin Archives : Discovering the New Russia
Published
2008
Publisher
Atlas
Pages
335
ISBN-13
9780977743339
Description
To most Americans, Russia remains as enigmatic today as it was during the Iron Curtain era. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country had an opportunity to confront its tortured past. Here, author Brent asks why this didn't happen. Why are archivists under surveillance and phones still tapped? Why does Stalin, responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people, remain popular enough to appear on boxes of chocolate? Brent draws on fifteen years of access to high-level Soviet archives to answer these questions. He shows us a Russia where, in 1992, used toothbrushes were sold on the sidewalks, while now shops are filled with luxury goods. Stalin's specter hovers throughout, and in the dictator's personal papers we find an unnerving prophecy of the world to come. Both cultural history and personal memoir, this is a deeply felt and vivid portrait of Russia in the 21st century.--From publisher description.
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This edition of Inside the Stalin Archives : Discovering the New Russia has approximately 335 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, Inside the Stalin Archives : Discovering the New Russia typically takes between 6h 59m and 4h 39m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 83,750 words and common reading speeds.
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The estimated word count for Inside the Stalin Archives : Discovering the New Russia is approximately 83,750 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
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Who is the author of Inside the Stalin Archives : Discovering the New Russia?
Inside the Stalin Archives : Discovering the New Russia was written by Jonathan Brent.
When was Inside the Stalin Archives : Discovering the New Russia published?
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