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An Analysis of Sheila Fitzpatrick's Everyday Stalinism Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s

By Victor Petrov, Riley Quinn Copyright 2017
96 Pages
by Macat Library

96 Pages
by Macat Library

92 Pages
by Macat Library

How was the Soviet Union like a soup kitchen? In this important and highly revisionist work, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick explains that a reimagining of the Communist state as a provider of goods for the ‘deserving poor’ can be seen as a powerful metaphor for understanding Soviet life as a whole. By positioning the state both as a provider and as a relief agency, Fitzpatrick establishes it as not... Read more

Ways in to the text 

Who was Sheila Fitzpatrick? 

What does Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s Say? 

Section 1: Influences 

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context 

Module 2: Academic Context 

Module 3: The Problem 

Module 4: The Author's Contribution 

Section 2: Ideas 

Module 5: Main Ideas 

Module 6: Secondary Ideas 

Module 7: Achievement 

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work 

Section 3: Impact 

Module 9: The First Responses 

Module 10: The Evolving Debate 

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next? 

Glossary of Terms 

People Mentioned in the Text 

Works Cited

Biography

Victor Petrov is a PhD candidate in Modern European History at Columbia University, where his research focuses on Eastern Europe. He received his BA (2009) and M.Phil.(2011) in Modern History from Oxford University.

Riley Quinn holds Master’s degrees in Politics and International Relations from both LSE and the University of Oxford.