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Stalin’s Master Narrative: a Critical Edition of the Short Course on the History of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019.
Academic editor: Brandenberger D. L., М. Зеленов

The Short Course on the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) defined Stalinist ideology both at home and abroad. It was quite literally the the master narrative of the USSR—a hegemonic statement on history, politics, and Marxism-Leninism that scripted Soviet society for a generation. This study exposes the enormous role that Stalin played in the development of this all-important text, as well as the unparalleled influence that he wielded over the Soviet historical imagination.

Research target: History and Archeology Other Humanities
Priority areas: humanitarian
Language: English
Keywords: Soviet historyStalinismсталинизмсоветская историяВКП(б)
Stalin’s Master Narrative: a Critical Edition of the Short Course on the History of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
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