Centre-Local Relations in the Stalinist State, 1928-1941

N. BARON Researcher, Department of History, University of Manchester OLEG KHLEVNYUK State Archives of the Russian Federation (GARF) HIROAKI KUROMIYA Professor of History, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA VALERY VASILIEV Researcher, Ukrainian Academy of Science, Kiev.

• List of Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors Glossary Introduction The Changing Nature of Centre-Local Relations in the USSR, 1928-1936; E.A.Rees The First Generation of Stalinist 'Party Generals'; O.Khlevnyuk Republican and Regional Leaders at the XVII Party Congress in 1934; E.A.Rees Moscow City and Oblast; E.A.Rees Karelia ASSR; N.Baron The Donbass; H.Kuromiya Vinnitsa Oblast; V.Vasiliev The Great Purges and the XVIII Party Congress of 1939; E.A.Rees Notes Bibliography Index