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The article presents, in a synthetic manner, the mechanism of introducing the Stalinist system in Poland and describes its essence. It points to the importance of – until now given less value in the relevant literature – the mechanism of elimination of institutions and persons representing the constitutional order and state-creating social fabric, as well as introducing in their place representatives of the lowest social classes and institutions impersonating Polish centres of power, but in fact fully dependent on the USSR. The text focuses on political and social issues, as well as on the extensive ­repression apparatus. ; The article presents, in a synthetic manner, the mechanism of introducing the Stalinist system in Poland and describes its essence. It points to the importance of – until now given less value in the relevant literature – the mechanism of elimination of institutions and persons representing the constitutional order and state-creating social fabric, as well as introducing in their place representatives of the lowest social classes and institutions impersonating Polish centres of power, but in fact fully dependent on the USSR. The text focuses on political and social issues, as well as on the extensive ­repression apparatus.

The current mode of life in Russia combines the features of desperately daring steps in geopolitical domain with an amazing shyness of thought when facing the tiniest changes in theoretical constructs. Today, crowds of laymen, officials and many "learned" dignitaries in the West and in the East face the need to reject the prejudices concocted using dirty data techniques. The time has come to release Stalin from the Nazi captivity and to reinstate his Membership within the Great Triplett of Roosevelt Stalin Churchill. The call for serious changes in the theoretical constructs has become a vital demand for the survival of mankind. Both the West and Russia have to act urgently. Periculum in mora. As of today, having been brought to bay, the correct estimation of the genuinely large merits by Stalin before Motherland and Humanity is popping up irresistibly, as if it were a moth piercing through the pupa, dumping as a useless shell the prejudices like "Stalin equals Hitler". This concerns primarily the evolution of the shy Stalinism by Putin. The time has come to update the judgments on Stalin at the governmental level. The bigotry by Brzezinski is to be terminated. The Destiny of Russia is at stake.

Debates on Stalinism introduces major debates about Stalinism during and after the Cold War. Did 'Stalinism' form a system in its own right or was it a mere stage in the overall development of Soviet society? Was it an aberration from Leninism or the logical conclusion of Marxism? Was its violence the revenge of the Russian past or the result of a revolutionary mindset? Was Stalinism the work of a madman or the product of social forces beyond his control? The book shows the complexities of historiographical debates, where evidence, politics, personality, and biography are strongly entangled. Debates on Stalinism allows readers to better understand not only the history of history writing, but also contemporary controversies and conflicts in the successor states of the Soviet Union, in particular Russia and Ukraine.

Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword to the fourth edition; Map and list of figures; Chronology; Who's who; Part 1 The context; 1 Introduction: the problem; Part 2 Analysis; 2 Early years; 3 The October revolution, state capitalism, war communism and the civil war, 1917-21; War communism; 4 The new economic policy (NEP), 1921-28; Exit Trotsky and Zinoviev; The Urals-Siberian method; 5 The thirties; The first FYP; Collectivisation; Famine; The second FYP; The murder of Kirov; Stalinism emerges; The Great Terror; The third FYP; Foreign policy; Culture; Society

Comments on Vincent Barnett's "Understanding Stalinism -- The 'Orwellian Discrepancy' and the Rational Choice Dictator" (2006). Focus is on what are deemed Barnett's errors with respect to the author's (1996) article contrasting Joseph Stalin's purges with the Holocaust. It is argued that Barnett intends to reintroduce the moral question into the scholarship on Stalinism & speak in generalities, both of which are said to impede understanding of what happened. In this light, the author, with an eye toward objectivizing the debate, makes distinctions between Hitler's & Stalin's processes of killing. It is concluded that Barnett offers no improvements in the philosophical basis for understanding Stalinism. References. D. Edelman

A comment on Vincent Barnett's "Understanding Stalinism -- The 'Orwellian Discrepancy' and the Rational Choice Dictator" (2006) addresses Barnett's specific criticisms of what he labels the "Harrison-Davies" school of thought & his misrepresentation of Davies's work. Attention is given to his illegitimate transfer of the author's comment on E. H. Carr's world outlook to an assessment of the nature of Stalinism, Barnett's sweeping conclusions regarding Stalin's views on economics, & Barnett's charge that Harrison & Davies have neglected the nature of the socialist economy. References. D. Edelman

Stalinism and Soviet Cinema marks the first attempt to confront systematically the role and influence of Stalin and Stalinism in the history and development of Soviet cinema. The collection provides comprehensive coverage of the antecedents, role and consequences of Stalinism and Soviet cinema, how Stalinism emerged, what the relationship was between the political leadership, the cinema administrators, the film-makers and their films and audiences, and how Soviet cinema is coming to terms with the disintegration of established structures and mythologies. Contributors from Britain, America and