Everyday Life in Stalinist Estonia.

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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- What is Sovietization? -- The export of the Soviet model -- Attempt to define Sovietization -- Sketching a "typical" Sovietization -- Hypotheses on Sovietization35F -- Conclusion -- The Standard of Living of Estonian Workers, 1938-1955 -- The starting point: the standard of living in the late 1930s -- The 1940s -- The early 1950s -- Conclusion -- Moonshine in the 1940s: The Story of an Illegal Cottage Industry -- The first Soviet year 1940-41 -- The German occupation 1941-44 -- The second Soviet rule since 1944 -- Conclusion -- How the Russians Turned into the Image of the "National Enemy" of the Estonians -- From Baltic Germans to Russians -- Conclusion -- Resistance and Accommodation in Postwar Estonia -- Resistance and accommodation -- Soviet policy -- Conclusion -- Living on a Stalinist Kolkhoz: Peasant Survival Strategies in Estonia -- Collectivization in Estonia -- Avoiding or leaving the kolkhoz -- Shirking -- Stealing and other strategies -- The garden plot -- Conclusion -- The Private Sphere under Stalinism -- Historical background -- Sources -- The private sphere before Sovietization -- Stalinism in Estonia -- Private economy -- Private spaces -- Transition -- Conclusion -- The Media Audience of Soviet Estonia in the Early Cold War -- What do the sources reveal? -- Conclusion -- Leisure in Stalin's Estonia -- Standard of living and leisure -- Aims of the Stalinist regime -- Leisure before Sovietization -- Continuity under the Soviets -- Sports -- Radio -- Cinema -- Dancing -- Reading -- Cultural events -- Social gathering and alcohol -- Conclusion -- 1956-A Turning Point in the History of the Estonian SSR?.