Stalin's Master Narrative: A Critical Edition of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), Short Course (Annals of Communism Series)

A critical edition of the text that defined communist party ideology in Stalin’s Soviet Union The Short Course on the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) defined Stalinist ideology both at home and abroad. It was quite literally the the master narrative of the USSR—a hegemonic statement on history, politics, and Marxism-Leninism that scripted Soviet society for a generation. This study exposes the enormous role that Stalin played in the development of this all-important text, as well as the unparalleled influence that he wielded over the Soviet historical imagination. David Brandenberger is professor of history at the University of Richmond and the author of Propaganda State in Crisis. Mikhail Zelenov is professor of history and main specialist at the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (RGASPI). Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments A Note on Conventions Selected Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations Editors’ Introduction HISTORY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION (BOLSHEVIKS): SHORT COURSE Introduction Chapter One: The Struggle for the Creation of a Social-Democratic Labour Party in Russia (1883–1901) Chapter Two: Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Appearance of the Bolshevik and the Menshevik Groups within the Party (1901–1904) Chapter Three: The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Russo-Japanese War and the First Russian Revolution (1904–1907) Chapter Four: The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Stolypin Reaction. The Bolsheviks Constitute Themselves as an Independent Marxist Party (1908–1912) Chapter Five: The Bolshevik Party during the New Rise of the Working-Class Movement before the First Imperialist War (1912–1914) Chapter Six: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of the Imperialist War. The Second Revolution in Russia (1914–March 1917) Chapter Seven: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Preparation and Realization of the October Socialist Revolution (April 1917–1918) Chapter Eight: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Foreign Military Intervention and Civil War (1918–1920) Chapter Nine: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Transition to the Peaceful Work of Economic Restoration (1921–1925) Chapter Ten: The Bolshevik Party in the Struggle for the Socialist Industrialization of the Country (1926–1929) Chapter Eleven: The Bolshevik Party in the Struggle for the Collectivization of Agriculture (1930–1934) Chapter Twelve: The Bolshevik Party in the Struggle to Complete the Building of the Socialist Society. Introduction of the New Constitution (1935–1937) Conclusion Notes Index A critical edition of the text that defined communist party ideology in Stalin’s Soviet Union

The Short Course on the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) defined Stalinist ideology both at home and abroad. It was quite literally the the master narrative of the USSR—a hegemonic statement on history, politics, and Marxism-Leninism that scripted Soviet society for a generation. This study exposes the enormous role that Stalin played in the development of this all-important text, as well as the unparalleled influence that he wielded over the Soviet historical imagination. "A critical edition of the text that defined communist party ideology in Stalin's Soviet Union. The Short Course on the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) defined Stalinist ideology both at home and abroad. It was quite literally the the master narrative of the USSR--a hegemonic statement on history, politics, and Marxism-Leninism that scripted Soviet society for a generation. This study exposes the enormous role that Stalin played in the development of this all-important text, as well as the unparalleled influence that he wielded over the Soviet historical imagination."-- Provided by publisher The Short Course on the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) defined Stalinist ideology both at home and abroad. It was quite literally the master narrative of the USSR--a hegemonic statement on history, politics, and Marxism-Leninism that scripted Soviet society for a generation. This study exposes the enormous role that Stalin played in the development of this all-important text, as well as the unparalleled influence that he wielded over the Soviet historical imagination--dust jacket flap