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What is the best history of the Soviet Union out there?
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:12 am
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:12 am
I am thinking of reading The Soviet Century by Moshe Lewin, but I'm wondering if there is a better one. I only want to read one.
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Posted on 2/9/21 at 1:16 pm to Slippy
Gulag Archipelago
Posted on 2/9/21 at 5:16 pm to Slippy
I doubt there is a single volume that really does it justice.
A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End - Kenez, The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union - McCauley, or your Lewin book may be the least bad options out there.
A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End - Kenez, The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union - McCauley, or your Lewin book may be the least bad options out there.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 1:40 pm to Slippy
Very readable and from a Russian historian. Very interesting perspective. Got into the Soviet archives before Putin started restricting access.
His takes on Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev are pretty fresh.
Confirms that Stalin was a paranoid psychopath.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 8:13 pm to Roaad
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Gulag Archipelago
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Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:36 am to Slippy
The Gulag Archipelago which has been referred to as the most important work of the 20th Century.
And then there is all the other books about the Soviet Union.
And then there is all the other books about the Soviet Union.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 5:50 am to tigahbruh
I though A Failed Empire was quite good, not sure why the downvotes.
Posted on 2/27/21 at 9:46 am to Slippy
Not the entire USSR, but the Gulag Archipelago is haunting and amazing.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 12:27 am to Hayekian serf
It's a difficult read though. I couldn't finish it.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 1:39 pm to Geaux17
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The Gulag Archipelago which has been referred to as the most important work of the 20th Century.
More like 200 Years Together. Which is by the same author is far more important.
https://archive.org/details/200YearsTogether
English Translation of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's book 'Two Hundred Years Together'. The book is one of the most banned books in modern history.
This post was edited on 3/4/21 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 3/7/21 at 2:52 am to zatetic
Because it tells the truth about the people with power and money
Posted on 3/7/21 at 12:35 pm to PrattvilleTiger
Good listen as well. Blinkist has an extremely short audio version
Posted on 3/8/21 at 9:20 am to tigahbruh
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Confirms that Stalin was a paranoid psychopath.
The fact that he died on the floor, and no one wanted to go in the room and check on him because they were in fear of him, is sort of poetic. The older he got, the more he started losing his mind and ordering every one killed or imprisoned. Same sort of thing happened to Mao, except Mao's mind was lost due to syphillis.
This post was edited on 3/8/21 at 9:21 am
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