In 1921 Lenin surprised foreign observers and many in his own Party, by calling for the legalization of private trade and manufacturing. Within a matter of months, this New Economic Policy (NEP) spawned many thousands of private entrepreneurs, dubbed Nepmen. After delineating this political background, Alan Ball turns his attention to the Nepmen ...
Warfare, epidemics and famine left millions of Soviet children homeless during the 1920s. Many became beggars, prostitutes and thieves, and were denizens of both secluded underworld haunts and bustling train stations. This study of these abandoned children examines their lives and the strategies the government used to remove them from the streets ...
Here, historian Alan Ball explores American influence in two newborn Russian states - the young Soviet Union and the modern Russian Republic. Ball illustrates how in each Rusians have approached the United States with a conflicting mix of ideas - as a land to admire from afar, to shun at all costs, to emulate as quickly as possible, or to surpass ...
Drawing on a wide variety of contemporary journals, newspapers, films, and popular songs, Alan M. Ball compares American social, political, and cultural influence in two newborn Russian states: the young Soviet Union and the modern Russian Republic. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Warfare, epidemics and famine left millions of Soviet children homeless during the 1920s. This study examines the lives of these abandoned children and the strategies the government used to remove them from the streets. Their "rehabilitation" is an important lesson in Soviet history.
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