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Certainty, Probability, and Stalin’s Great Party Purge [PDF]
, 2004 In 1935, Stalin decided to purge his own party to consolidate power in the Soviet government. Since the inception of historical research about this event, a debate has developed regarding the number of arrests and deaths of Soviets ordered by Stalin ...
Homkes, Brett
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Communism and economic modernization [PDF]
, 2012 The paper examines the range of national experiences of communist rule in terms of the aspiration to ‘overtake and outstrip the advanced countries economically’. It reviews the causal beliefs of the rulers, the rise and fall of their economies (or, in
Harrison, Mark
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Churchill and Germany: A ‘Special’ Relationship
History, EarlyView.Abstract No other country defined the trajectory of Churchill's political career more than Germany, a country of which he had little direct knowledge but which he either sought to emulate, accommodate or oppose throughout his time in politics. This article traces Churchill's relationship with Germany from his entry into politics at the beginning of the
T. G. Otte
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Churchill and Spain: More Sancho than Quixote?
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article offers a detailed analysis of Winston Churchill's relationship with Spain over the course of his long and eventful political and personal life. The article focuses on three key episodes: Churchill's ambivalent stance during the Spanish Civil War; his leadership and policy towards Spain during the crucial years of the Second World ...
EMILIO SÁENZ‐FRANCÉS
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leviatã soviético: estado hobbesiano e autocracia stalinista na rússia
Processando o Saber, 2017 A autocracia comandada por Stalin, na Rússia Soviética pós Revolução de Outubro de 1917, notabilizou-se pelo extremo controle que os órgãos políticos possuíam sobre a maior parte dos habitantes daquele país.
Newton Ferreira Silva
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Knowing the Soviet Union: the historical dimension [PDF]
, 1989 This repository item contains a single article of the Publication Series, papers in areas of particular scholarly interest published from 1989 to 1996 by the Boston University Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy.
Conquest, Robert
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The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract The past decade has seen a marked shift as many previously liberal democratic states have backslidden, taking authoritarian turns. How should liberal actors respond to democratic backsliding by others? Although it might seem that it is vital for liberal actors to react robustly to avoid complicity or to maintain their liberal integrity, this ...
James Pattison
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Diplomatic History of the Great Patriotic War and the New World Order
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2015 From ancient times, war was called "the creator of all things". And winners created the postwar world order. The article reveals the backstage, the diplomatic history of the Great Patriotic War, which make the picture of the main events of the war, that ...
A. Y. Borisov
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Keel ja Kirjandus, 2023 "“The man can see! Can write!”: The Stalin Prize as a tool for the Sovietization of literary life on the example on Hans Leberecht." The Stalin Prize (established in 1939) was awarded in two broad fields: for (1) groundbreaking scientific achievements ...
Tõnu Tannberg
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Simultaneous MITSuME gRI monitoring of S5 0716+714
, 2009 We present results of our intra-night optical flux monitoring observations of S5 0716+714 done simultaneously in gRI filters. The observations were done using Multicolor Imaging Telescopes for Survey and Monstrous Explosions (MITSuME) instrument on the ...
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