Popular Perceptions of Soviet Politics in the 1920s

Velikanova, Olga

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“…One of the first moves by the museum in the following reorganization was contact by GMPIR to museums in Tiflis and Baku, with an urgent request for evidence of the prosperity of farmers, especially depictions of the village before and after collectivization and evidence of new buildings such as schools, theatres and libraries. 77 Museum staff were clearly shocked by the rapidity of change. 'Communization' of the museum led to notable dismissals and staff changes, such as the dismissal of A. T. Shakol, one of the 'active creators of the old Museum of the Revolution' since 1919, though these were not widespread.…”

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Exhibiting the Revolution: Expositions at the Museum of the Revolution in Leningrad in the 1920s and 1930s

Hale

2019

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This article analyses the first two decades of the flagship museum of revolutionary history in Petrograd/Leningrad following the October Revolution of 1917. The article discusses the purpose behind the efforts to enlighten the masses on the revolutionary movement and the methods employed to collect and display artefacts of the revolutionary period in Russia. Further examination is made of the communication methods employed by the museum and how the changing economic and political circumstances affected the ability of the revolutionary museum to enlighten Soviet visitors, especially the nationalization of private collections, the removal of plurality and academic independence and, of course, the demand for Stalinist orthodoxy within cultural expression.

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Exhibiting the Revolution: Expositions at the Museum of the Revolution in Leningrad in the 1920s and 1930s

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2019

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“…Barber and Harrison, eds., Soviet defence‐industry complex ; Harrison, ed., Guns and rubles ; idem, ‘Communism’; Ken, Mobilizatsionnoe planirovanie ; Khlevniuk, ‘Objectives’; Samuelson, Plans ; Simonov, Voenno‐promyshlennyi kompleks ; Schneider, Structure ; Stone, Hammer and rifle ; Velikanova, Popular perceptions .…”

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“…On Stalin's fear of a domestic ‘fifth column’ in 1937, see Khlevniuk, ‘Objectives’. On the 1920s, see Simonov, ‘War scare’; Sokolov, ‘Before Stalinism’; Velikanova, Popular perceptions .…”

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Counter‐intelligence in a command economy

Harrison

Zaksauskienė

2015

The Economic History Review

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We provide the first thick description of the counter-intelligence function in a command economy of the Soviet type. Based on documentation from Soviet Lithuania, the paper considers the KGB (secret police) as a market regulator, commissioned to prevent the disclosure of secret government business and forestall the disruption of government plans. Where market regulation in open societies is commonly intended to improve market transparency, competition, and fair treatment of consumers and employees, KGB regulation was designed to enforce secrecy, monopoly, and discrimination. One consequence of KGB regulation of the labour market may have been adverse selection for talent. We argue that the Soviet economy was designed to minimize the costs. Zhuravlev, and the referees for advice and comments; Adam Brzezinski and Dimitri Migrow for assistance; the University of Warwick's ESRC Centre on Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy, Vilnius University's Faculty of History, and the Hoover Institution for research support; the Hoover Institution for its generous hospitality and support of the annual Hoover Institution Workshop on Totalitarian Regimes; and the staff of the Hoover Archive for their expertise and boundless patience.

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A Companion to the Russian Revolution

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Popular Perceptions of Soviet Politics in the 1920s

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Exhibiting the Revolution: Expositions at the Museum of the Revolution in Leningrad in the 1920s and 1930s

Exhibiting the Revolution: Expositions at the Museum of the Revolution in Leningrad in the 1920s and 1930s

Counter‐intelligence in a command economy

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