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Revolution from Above

Revolution from Above. “Stalinist revolution from above used destructive or repressive means for what was, both in intent and in reality, a constructive (as well as destructive) process ....

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Revolution from Above

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  1. Revolution from Above • “Stalinist revolution from above used destructive or repressive means for what was, both in intent and in reality, a constructive (as well as destructive) process.... • Stalinism as revolution from above was a state-building process, the construction of a powerful, highly centralized bureaucratic, military-industrial Soviet Russian state.” Tucker," Stalinism as Revolution from Above,“ 78

  2. Revolution from Above “Stalinist revolution from above used destructive or repressive means for what was, both in intent and in reality, a constructive (as well as destructive) process.... Stalinism as revolution from above was a state-building process, the construction of a powerful, highly centralized bureaucratic, military-industrial Soviet Russian state.” Tucker," Stalinism as Revolution from Above,“ 78

  3. Revolution from Above Mikhail Nesterov: The Soviet Constitution (1939) The Stalin Constitution is the final result of the struggles and victories of the October Revolution. Long live the constitution of victorious socialism & genuine democratism.

  4. Interpretations of Stalinism

  5. Interpretations of Stalinism Really Totalitarianism - textbook definition Personal autocracy Heavy Bureaucracy Oligarchy . . . Sets the Soviet System (Lewin & Fitzpatrick 1980s) Stalin's constitution is the happiness of the Soviet people

  6. Children of the 1930s “Thanks to Comrade Stalin for our happy childhood” • “Burdened with parents too old to be trusted by the party, these children sometimes suffered when their parents suffered” • The standards of their guardians were rigorous, but they were also difficult to enforce http://www.soviethistory.org/index.php?page=subject&SubjectID=1936children&Year=1936&navi=byYear

  7. Alexander Rodchenko, 1936, Marching Across Red Square

  8. Traditional Values and Soviet Values • Glory to Hero Mother Women with 10+ children awarded medals Pilots of the 46 Taman female aviation regiment being briefed in the field

  9. "What have you done to grow a big crop of corn?" "Women at the helm of harvester, at the wheel of the tractor"

  10. 1936: Year of the Stakhanovite • Shock Worker Movement • AlekseiStakhanov (31 y.o) • 102 tons of coal • 14x his quota • Increase labor productivity • Stakhanovite = Record setters Mark Markov-Grinberg: Portrait of [Shockworker] Nikita Izotov (1934)

  11. Our Nobles (1935) Greetings to the best shock workers--heroes of socialist labor.This poster was mass printed for the bulletin boards of factories, which would place the portraits of their own local shock workers in the empty spaces.

  12. T. G. Gaponenko: To Mother for the Next Feeding (1935)

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