Enemies of the People Under the Soviets: A History of Repression and Its Consequences

by Peter Julicher

The Soviet era was a time of social and economic upheaval in Russia's history as the Bolsheviks strove to build a socialist utopia based on the theories of Karl Marx. Central to this endeavor was the 25-year dictatorship of Josef Stalin, whose determination to make the Soviet Union a dominant industrial and military power created misery on a grand scale and caused the deaths of millions of people. Stalin arbitrarily invoked the specter of "enemies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786496711
• ISBN13: 9780786496716
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher