Socialist realism in the stalinist terror: The Industry of Socialism art exhibition, 1935-41

Russian Review

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-184

  Reid, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1111/0036-0341.00163     Document Type: Review

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