The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine

The Harvest of Sorrow is the 1st complete background of 1 of the main horrendous human tragedies of the twentieth century. among 1929 and 1932 the Soviet Communist occasion struck a double blow on the Russian peasantry: dekulakization, the dispossession and deportation of hundreds of thousands of peasant households, and collectivization, the abolition of non-public possession of land and the focus of the rest peasants in party-controlled "collective" farms.

Belgrade A Cultural History (Cityscapes)

Perched above the confluence of 2 nice rivers, the Sava and Danube, Belgrade has been domestic to many civilizations: Celts, Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Magyars, Ottomans and Serbs. A Turkish citadel, the focal point for a Serbian principality, an highbrow and inventive heart, the town grew until eventually it turned capital of Yugoslavia.

Faith and Fatherland: Catholicism, Modernity, and Poland

Jesus steered his fans to "love your enemies, do stable to those that hate you, bless those that curse you, pray in the event you mistreat you" (Luke 6:27-28). not just has this subject lengthy been one of the Church's so much oft-repeated messages, yet in every little thing from sermons to articles within the Catholic press, it's been regularly emphasised that the commandment extends to all humanity.

The Soviet novel: History as ritual

"In its convinced grab of an enormous topic and in its speculative boldness, Professor Clark's learn represents a massive leap forward. It sends one again to the unique texts with an entire host of recent questions. .. . And it additionally is helping us to appreciate where of the 'official' author in that strange mix of ideology, collective strain, and idea that's the Soviet literary procedure.