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Robert Conquest (1917–2015) was a British historian, poet, and diplomat known for his influential works on Soviet history, particularly his studies of Stalinism and political repression in the USSR. He was a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and a member of the British Academy.
Known for: The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine
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The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine
A detailed historical account of the Soviet Union's forced collectivization of agriculture and the resulting famine in Ukraine and other regions between 1929 and 1933. Conquest documents the policies of the Communist Party under Stalin that led to mass deportations, executions, and starvation, arguing that the famine was a deliberate act of terror against the peasantry and Ukrainian nationhood.
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Background: The Legacy of the Russian Revolution, Lenin’s New Economic Policy, and the Early Soviet Approach to the Peasantry
After the 1917 Revolution, the Bolsheviks inherited a vast, agrarian empire fractured by war and hunger. The peasantry had been the majority of Russia’s population, bearing centuries of serfdom and exploitation. Under Lenin, the early Soviet government attempted to stabilize this volatile countrysid...
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The Decision for Collectivization: Stalin’s Consolidation of Power and the Political Rationale for Transforming Agriculture into Collective Farms
By 1928, Stalin had consolidated near-absolute power within the Communist Party, marginalizing potential rivals like Bukharin who advocated moderation toward peasants. Conquest’s research shows that Stalin’s rhetoric of “catching up with and overtaking” capitalist nations became a justification for ...
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Robert Conquest (1917–2015) was a British historian, poet, and diplomat known for his influential works on Soviet history, particularly his studies of Stalinism and political repression in the USSR. He was a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and a member of the British Acad...
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Robert Conquest (1917–2015) was a British historian, poet, and diplomat known for his influential works on Soviet history, particularly his studies of Stalinism and political repression in the USSR. He was a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and a member of the British Acad...
Robert Conquest (1917–2015) was a British historian, poet, and diplomat known for his influential works on Soviet history, particularly his studies of Stalinism and political repression in the USSR. He was a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and a member of the British Academy.
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