Letters to Stalin
Practices of Selection and Reaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12503261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oleg V Khlevniuk (0000-0003-4138-375X, National Research University Higher School of Economics, corresponding author), Oleg Khlevniuk |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 327-344 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers du monde russe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1252-6576 • E-ISSN: 1777-5388 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/monderusse.8185 |
| OpenAlex | W2172402356 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article examines selection procedures for common citizens’ letters to Stalin, and the practices of reacting to these letters. Letters to power in general and to Stalin in particular were one of the key channels of communication between state and society in the USSR. The author analyses the dynamics of letter‐writing (including the volume of letters), the bureaucratic mechanisms (including Stalin’s personal involvement), the contents of the letters (including changes in dominant themes), and some of the consequences of letter‐writing (for both the authors’ lives and wider Stalinist policy). The study is based on materials from Stalin’s personal archives and some documents of the Special Sector of the Central Committee (TsK) of the VKP(b)
Archaeology · Art · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · German History and Society · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |