Part I. Introduction: Economy and Society: 1. Workers, the economy and labour policy; 2. Peasants and the kolkhoz; 3. Women, family policy, education; 4. Religion and the nationalities question; Part II. Politics and Terror: 5. International relations; 6. The constitution and elections; 7. The Great Terror; 8. 'Us' and 'Them': social identity and terror; Part III. The Leader Cult: 9. The cult in official discourse; 10. Affirmative representations of the leader and leader cult; 11. Negative representations of the leader and leader cult; Conclusion.
This book is a study of how ordinary Russians experienced life during the 'Great Terror' between 1934 and 1941.
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