Philip Boobbyer 
Stalin Era [PDF ebook] 

This book provides a wide-ranging history of every aspect of Stalin’s dictatorship over the peoples of the Soviet Union. Drawing upon a huge array of primary and secondary sources, The Stalin Era is a first-hand account of Stalinist thought, policy and and their effects. It places the man and his ideology into context both within pre-Revolutionary Russia, Lenin’s Soviet Union and post-Stalinist Russia. The Stalin Era examines: * collectivisation* industrialisation* terror* government* the Cult of Stalin* education and Science* family* religion: The Russian Orthodox Church* art and the state.