Fetishizing the Soviet collapse: Historical rupture and the historiography of (early) Soviet socialism

Russian Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-122

  Young, Glennys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 43249147637     PISSN: 00360341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9434.2006.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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