Late Stalinist Russia

St.Johns College, Oxford University, UK

• Introduction: Late Stalinist Society: History, Policies and People Part 1: When the War was Over 1. Population, Politics and Reproduction: Late Stalinism and its Legacy 2. The Bitter Legacy of the ‘Great Patriotic War’: Red Army Disabled Soldiers under Late Stalinism 3. Subversive Tales? War Rumours in the Soviet Union 1945-47 Part 2: Barracks, Queues and Private Plots: Post-War Urban and Rural Landscapes 4. Standard of Living versus Quality of Life: Struggling with the Urban Environment in Russia During the Early Years of Post-War Reconstruction 5. "Into the Grey Zone": Sham Peasants and the Limits of the Kolkhoz Order in the Post-War Russian Village, 1945-1953 Part 3: The Corrupted State: War and the Rise of the Second Economy 6. A ‘Campaign Spasm’: Graft and the Limits of the ‘Campaign’ against Bribery after the Great Patriotic War 7. A Darker ‘Big Deal’: Concealing Party Crimes in the Post-WWII Era Part 4: New Generations: Identity between the Yesterday of War and the Possibilities of Tomorrow 8. More than Just Stalinists: The Political Sentiments of Victors 1945-1953 9. Children’s Lives after Zoia’s Death: Order, Emotions and Heroism in Children’s Lives and Literature in the Post-War Soviet Union 10. The Importance of Being Stylish: Youth, Culture and Identity in Late Stalinism Part 5: Post-War Spaces: Reconstructing a New World 11. ‘Where Should we Resettle the Comrades Next?’ The Adjudication of Housing Claims and the Construction of the Post-War Order 12. The Moscow Gorky Street in Late Stalinism: Space, History and Lebenswelten. Conclusion: Late Stalinism in Historical Perspective