Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1885-1937: Life of an Old Bolshevik

ISBN-13: 9781608465583 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 426 str.

Barbara C. Allen

Opis

Based on extensive research in the archives of the Soviet Communist Party, and the Russian secret police, Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1885-1937: Life of an Old Bolshevik stirringly recounts the political life of Alexander Shlyapnikov. Though purged from Soviet history books, Shlyapnikov was a leading member of the Workers Opposition (1919-21), and the most prominent of their ranks to call for the trade unionsas distinct from the Communist Partyto play a direct role in realizing workers control over the economy. Despite the defeat of this position, Shlyapnikov continued to advocate views on the Soviet socialist project that provided a counterpoint to Stalin s vision. Arrested during the Great Terror, Shlyapnikov refused to confess to his alleged crimes against the party, openly declaring the charges illogical and unsubstantiated.
What emerges from Allen s political portrait is an Old Bolshevik who stands in striking contrast to Stalin s and the NKVD s image of the ideal party member.
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