History 328
History of the Soviet Union since 1917
October 16, 2002
The 1930s as Historical Epoch: Overview
I. Terror and Purges
A. What was it?
B. What were the causes and how did it happen?
C. Who were the victims and how many?
D. Experiences within the terror
II. Heroic National Bolshevism
A. Second Five-Year Plan
B. Age of heroic exploration
C. Restoration of Russian symbols
D. "Life Is Getting Better"
III. Great Retreat Hypothesis
A. Nationalism and Russian chauvinism
B. Conservative social policy
C. Restoration of hierarchy and inequality
D. Socialist realism in art and literature
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Stakhanovites enjoy the first ride on the newly completed Moscow metro
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Music: "If Tomorrow Brings War," lyrics V. Lebedev-Kumach, music Pokrass brothers, Songs of the Great Patriotic War (Bomba Music)
