Crucibles of Power : Smolensk under Stalinist and Nazi Rule.

David-Fox, Michael.

Crucibles of Power : Smolensk under Stalinist and Nazi Rule. - 1st ed. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2025. ©2025. - 1 online resource (475 pages)

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Prologue: The Captured Archive -- Introduction -- 1. An Epicenter of the Stalin Revolution -- 2. Colonizing the Countryside -- 3. The Enemy Within -- 4. Regime Change 1941 -- 5. Murder and Humiliation -- 6. Partisans Come to Power -- 7. Collaboration and the Russian Question -- 8. Sex Crimes and a Clash Over Civilization -- 9. Soviet Power Returns -- Epilogue: Afterlives -- Archival Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

The people of Smolensk survived both of the twentieth century's most brutal dictatorships. Michael David-Fox probes their experiences under Stalinist and Nazi rule to unravel the threads of authoritarianism. Focused on personal stories, David-Fox leaves no question as to despots' reliance on the collaboration and acquiescence of ordinary citizens.

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