Yeltsin, Boris 372, 385, 387
Zakharov, M. V. 185
Zamiatin, Yevgeny 376
Zaslavskaya, Tatyana 316, 327, 366n, 386n, 387
Zemskov, V. N. 123n
Zhdanov, Andrei Alexandrovich 49, 85, 86, 87, 105, 120, 129, 130
Zhdanovism 129–32, 136, 147
Zhilma, I. Iu. 361n, 369n
Zhukov, Marshal 96
Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich
Radomysslsky 27, 29, 131, 288, 302, 304
Znamenskii, O. N. 286
Zverev, A. G. 369
Review
“Probably no other Western historian of the USSR combines Moshe Lewin’s personal experience of living with Russians from Stalin’s day—as a young wartime soldier—to the post-communist era, with so profound a familiarity with the archives and the literature of the Soviet era. His reflections on The Soviet Century are an important contribution to emancipating Soviet history from the ideological heritage of the last century and should be essential reading for all who wish to understand it.”
“Rich in its insights and original in its perspectives, Moshe Lewin’s superb new book provides a master-class in understanding the structures and intricate workings of the Soviet system.”
“The Soviet Century is an original and stimulating survey, packed with insights and information, by an outstanding historian. It will enlighten both specialists and general readers about a crucial aspect of the modern world.”
“Moshe Lewin… has written a book of gripping scholarship. In The Soviet Century he shows that the world cannot turn its back on Russia’s past, and neither Russians nor anyone else should try to do so. As Lewin writes, the Soviet system may be dead and buried but it lives on in Russia’s search for a national identity. This search needs to be based on the truth, good or bad, about what happened under Communism. The Soviet Century is an excellent place to look for it.”
About the Author
Moshe Lewin was a hugely respected historian of the Soviet Union. Professor of Soviet Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, his books include Stalinism and Nazism: Dictatorships in Comparison and The Making of the Soviet System: Essays in the Social History of Interwar Russia.
Copyright
This edition published by Verso 2016
First published by Verso 2005
© Moshe Lewin 2005, 2016
All rights reserved
The moral rights of the author have been asserted
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Lewin, Moshe, 1921-
The Soviet century / Moshe Lewin.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-84467-016-3 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Soviet Union—History. 1. Title.
DK266.L474 2005
947.084-dc22
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