A new translation from the original Russian manuscript with a new afterword by the translator and a timeline of Stalin's life and works. In one of his last work

This book presents a narrative of one of the more interesting utopian experiments in comparative political and economic history: the first decade of the Soviet

"Spufford cunningly maps out a literary genre of his own . . . Freewheeling and fabulous." —The Times (London) Strange as it may seem, the gray, oppressive US

Placing Stalinism in its international context, The Stalinist Era explains the origins and consequences of Soviet state intervention and violence.