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Moscow, 1937

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Moscow, 1937

Moscow, 1937: the soviet metropolis at the zenith of Stalinâ€™s dictatorship. A society utterly wrecked by a hurricane of violence.Â

In this compelling book, the renowned historian Karl SchlÃ¶gel reconstructs with meticulous care the process through which, month by month, the terrorism of a state-of-emergency regime spiraled into the â€˜Great Terrorâ€™ during which 1 Â½ million human beings lost their lives within a single year. He revisits the sites of show trials and executions and, by also consulting numerous sources from the time, he provides a masterful panorama of these key events in Russian history.

He shows how, in the shadow of the reign of terror, the regime around Stalin also aimed to construct a new society. Based on countless documents, SchlÃ¶gelâ€™s historical masterpiece vividly presents an age in which the boundaries separating the dream and the terror dissolve, and enables us to experience the fear that was felt by people subjected to totalitarian rule. This rich and absorbing account of the Soviet purges will be essential reading for all students of Russia and for any readers interested in one of the most dramatic and disturbing events of modern history.

Country	USA
Author	Karl Schlögel
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780745683607
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Polity
Manufacturer	Polity
NumberOfPages	674
PublicationDate	2013-10-16
Publisher	Polity
ReleaseDate	2013-10-16
Studio	Polity

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