Bøger i Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia serien

Examining the many regime changes that took place in occupied Ukraine during WWI. This book traces the similarities among the various occupying forces as well as the important differences that shaped the individual regimes. It also provides historical background to events in Ukraine, and offers lessons on the problems faced by occupying powers.

Studies admission records to Soviet Communist party cells in the 1920s for what they reveal about the politics of self-representation in Bolshevik political culture

Drawing on research in Russian archives, this work examines how Alexandra Tolstoy, the youngest daughter of Russian writer Lev (Leo) Tolstoy, sought to preserve the work of her father after the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917. It combines Alexandra's life with events in Soviet history and illuminates Lev Tolstoy's legacy in the Soviet period.

Expectation is an integral part of the reading experience. Drama is a particularly rich and rewarding field for studying the complex ways in which such expectations are created. This book explores these expectations through the lens of twentieth-century Russian drama.

Provides a biography of Anna Pankratova, a woman from Odessa who became a leading labour historian and academic administrator in the Soviet Union, from the 1920s to her death. This work portrays her as a victim and a victimizer. It also includes excerpts from two Soviet texts. One of them is her historic speech on the menace of Stalinist legacies.