Practicing Stalinism: Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition by J. Arch Getty

Practicing Stalinism: Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition

J. Arch Getty

384 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
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In old Russia, patron/client relations, "clan" politics, and a variety of other informal practices spanned the centuries. Government was understood to be patrimonial and personal rather than legal, and office holding was far less important than pr...

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