He shows how, in the shadow of the reign of terror, the regime around Stalin also aimed to construct a new society. He revisits the sites of show trials and executions and, by also consulting numerous sources from the time, he provides a masterful panorama of these key events in Russian history. In this compelling book, the renowned historian Karl Schloegel reconstructs with meticulous care the process through which, month by month, the terrorism of a state-of-emergency regime spiraled into the ?Great Terror? during which 1 1/2 million human beings lost their lives within a single year. A society utterly wrecked by a hurricane of violence. This rich and absorbing account of the Soviet purges will be essential reading for all students of Russia and for any readers interested in one of the most dramatic and disturbing events of modern history.Moscow, 1937: the soviet metropolis at the zenith of Stalin?s dictatorship. Based on countless documents, Schlögel’s historical masterpiece vividly presents an age in which the boundaries separating the dream and the terror dissolve, and enables us to experience the fear that was felt by people subjected to totalitarian rule. In this compelling book, the renowned historian Karl Schlögel reconstructs with meticulous care the process through which, month by month, the terrorism of a state-of-emergency regime spiraled into the ‘Great Terror’ during which 1 ½ million human beings lost their lives within a single year.
Moscow, 1937: the soviet metropolis at the zenith of Stalin’s dictatorship.
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