Getty, J. Arch 1950-

Practicing Stalinism Bolsheviks, boyars, and the persistence of tradition / J. Arch Getty. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages.)

Includes bibliographies and index.

The old and the new -- Cults and personalities, politics and bodies -- The party personnel system: upstairs at the Central Committee -- The party personnel system: downstairs at the Central Committee -- Principled and personal conflicts -- Stalin and the clans I: the "King's men" -- Stalin and the clans II: who can vote? who can shoot? -- Stalin and the clans III: the last stand of the clans -- Epilogue. The new and the old.



9780300198850


Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za--Party work.


Politics, Practical--Soviet Union.
Politics, Practical--Social aspects--Soviet Union.


Electronic Books.

JN6581 / .P733 2013