Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin; written by a leading authority on modern Russian history. Focusing on the urban population; Fitzpatrick depicts a world of privation; overcrowding; endless lines; and broken homes; in which the regime's promises of future socialist abundance rang hollowly. We read of a government bureaucracy that often turned life into a nightmare; and of how ordinary citizens tried to circumvent it. We also read of the secret police; whose constant surveillance was endemic at this time; and the waves of terror; like the Great Purges of 1937; which periodically cast society into turmoil.
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