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Deodand
Oct 10, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: europe, asia, non-fiction
This was very interesting and chock full of stuff I didn't know. One of the first societal changes in the USSR was that millions of people were separated from their families. I knew this happened but I never really considered the impact of throwing an entire population to the four winds, across a vast territory. I also did not know about the kulak designation, which was an essential method the state used to shame people into compliance. The most successful lower- and middle-class Russians, the p ...more
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