Exit Stalin: the Soviet Union as a civilization, 1953-1991 (Record no. 361846)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780241400852
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Classification number 947.085 SMI
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Personal name Smith, Mark B.
9 (RLIN) 21372
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Title Exit Stalin: the Soviet Union as a civilization, 1953-1991
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Allen Lane; Penguin Random House
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2026
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 550p.
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Summary, etc. 'Superb... Immensely important... This is a tragic story, and Smith tells it magnificently' The Telegraph<br/>One of the most anticipated books of 2026 according to Financial Times and New Statesman<br/>An extraordinarily atmospheric and powerful history of the world's largest state and its decline and fall<br/>With Stalin's death, the Soviet Union remained a repressive, harsh and belligerent place, but one which became more predictable for its citizens and one which made a genuine attempt to create the egalitarian, progressive country that the Russian Revolution had once promised. That this attempt would fail was not clear until the 1980s.<br/>Mark B. Smith's remarkable book recreates the day-to-day life of this vast state, the largest ever to exist. What was life like in a country which made such absolute claims for the future, which claimed to be on its way to creating a people's utopia and which, like the USA, owned enough atomic weapons to end human life on Earth?<br/><br/>Exit Stalin is filled with extraordinary stories about those who lived in the USSR and the distinctive and functioning civilization that they built. Many of them embraced its values, understood its goals and could not imagine life outside such a vastly ambitious and progressive project. The shortages, coercion and incompetence that underlay the USSR - and which by the late 1980s would doom it - has to be understood alongside the acceptance it always had from many of its citizens. And this in turn is a crucial issue for understanding Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union in the 21st century.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element General history of Europe
9 (RLIN) 21373
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Topical term or geographic name entry element History of Russia and the Soviet Union
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2026-08-05   947.085 SMI 186333 2026-08-05 Books Not Missing Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged     Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2026-08-05

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