Perils Of Pankratova: Some Stories From The Annals Of Soviet Historiography (Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia)

Reggie's Bebels : An Introduction / Yuri Slezkine -- Perils Of Pankratova : Some Stories From The Annals Of Soviet Historiography / Reginald E. Zelnik ; Prepared For Publication By Yuri Slezkine -- Anna Pankratova's Speech At The Xxth Party Congress ; Excerpts Translated By Yuri Slezkine -- Discussions Concerning Voprosy Istorii, October 1956 ; Excerpts Translated By Yuri Slezkine -- Before Class : Reginald Zelnik As Labor Historian / Laura Engelstein -- In And Out Of Class : Reginald Zelnik As Teacher And Mentor / Benjamin Nathans -- Profession And Politics : Reginald Zelnik As Campus Leader / David A. Hollinger. Reginald E. Zelnik ; Contributions By Laura Engelstein ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References. Renowned Russian historian Reginald E. Zelniks final manuscript is a biography of Anna Pankratova, a woman from Odessa who became a leading labor historian and academic administrator in the Soviet Union from the 1920s to her death in 1957. Drawing upon archival materials once inaccessible to Western scholars, as well as memoirs published since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Zelnik conceptualized his study as one of "constrained dissent," in the sense that Pankratova, a Communist scholar loyal to the Party, nevertheless courageously sought to protect her colleagues, students, and friends from disaster. Portraying Pankratova as both "victim" and "victimizer," Zelnik treats in evocative detail several revealing episodes in her career as "the most powerful woman in the Soviet Unions history profession." These episodes include her husbands arrest, her own exile, and the ruin of many scholarly colleagues during the Stalinist purges. One particularly interesting part of Pankratovas life was her experience during World War II in Kazakhstan, in Soviet Central Asia, which led her to champion the national rights of the Kazakhs. Zelniks last monograph marks his first examination of issues of ethnicity and nationalism in the Soviet period, and in the Central Asian context in particular. Five essays that address Zelniks scholarship as a labor historian who approached the central question of class formation through his investigation of participants personal experience, as well as his teaching and citizenship, accompany the monograph. Contributors include Laura Engelstein, David A. Hollinger, Benjamin Nathans, Yuri Slezkine, and Glennys Young. The volume also encompasses excerpts from two Soviet texts, including Pankratovas historic 1956 speech on the menace of Stalinist legacies in history and historiography. For more information on the Treadgold Papers Frontmatter About the Contributors (page vi) Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia: An Inaugural Volume (Glennys Young, page vii) Acknowledgments (Glennys Young, page viii) Preface (Glennys Young, page ix) Reggie's Bebels: An Introduction (Yuri Slezkine, page 3) Perils of Pankratova: Some Stories from the Annals of Soviet Historiography (Reginald E. Zelnik Prepared for publication by Yuri Slezkine, page 12) Anna Pankratova's Speech at the XXth Party Congress (Excerpts translated by Yuri Slezkine, page 81) Discussions Concerning Voprosy Istorii, October 1956 (Excerpts translated by Yuri Slezkine, page 84) Before Class: Reginald Zelnik as Labor Historian (Laura Engelstein, page 90) In and Out of Class: Reginald Zelnik as Teacher and Mentor (Benjamin Nathan, page 99) Profession and Politics: Reginald Zelnik as a Campus Leader (David A. Hollinger, page 108) Appendixes Reginald E. Zelnik's Ph.D. Students at the University of California, Berkeley (page 117) Reginald E. Zelnik's Curriculum Vitae (page 128) Reggie's rebels : an introduction / Yuri Slezkine Perils of Pankratova : some stories from the annals of Soviet historiography / Reginald E. Zelnik ; prepared for publication by Yuri Slezkine Anna Pankratova's speech at the XX Party congress ; excerpts translated by Yuri Slezkine Burdzhalov transcript / excerpts translated by Yuri Slezkine Before class : Reginald Zelnik as labor historian / Laura Engelstein In and out of class : Reginald Zelnik as teacher and mentor / Benjamin Nathans Profession and politics : Reginald Zelnik as campus leader / David A. Hollinger.