..". an exciting, first-rate contribution to our understanding of Soviet history on several levels... and the relationship between tsarist and Soviet educational policies and practices." Ben Eklof

"Larry E. Holmes' book is a fine, expert study of a difficult topic." The Historian

..". this first-rate work definitely points the way toward a new understanding of the Soviet Union in the 1920s." Journal of Modern History

..". a succinct and original study of early Soviet education and an engaging disaggregation of the convoluted relations among ideology, politics, and social...