Research Catalog

Title

Khrushchev : the years in power / Roy A. Medvedev, Zhores A. Medvedev ; translated by Andrew R. Durkin.

Author

Medvedev, Roy Aleksandrovich, 1925-

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, 1976.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Medvedev, Zhores A., 1925-2018
• Durkin, Andrew R., 1945-

Description

xi, 198 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 22 cm

Uniform Title

N.S. Khrushchev, gody u vlasti. English

Alternative Title

N.S. Khrushchev, gody u vlasti.

Subjects

• Soviet Union
• Geschichte 1956-1965
• 1953-1985
• Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
• Biographies
• Biography
• Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1953-1985
• Politics and government
• Communists > Soviet Union > 20th century
• Heads of state > Soviet Union > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies
• Biographies.

Note

• Translation of N. S. Khrushchev, gody u vlasti.
• Translation of: Н. С. Хрущев, годы у власти.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Stalin inheritance -- Victims of the Stalin era -- Agricultural reforms -- The challenge of the west -- The power struggle -- Agricultural "miracles" -- Khrushchev ascendant -- Khrushchev overriding -- Fiasco in Riazan Oblast -- The Soviet-American hybrid -- The agricultural "miracles" under a cloud -- The men around Khrushchev -- "Reforms" that started a political crisis -- The sour taste of failure -- Exit Khrushchev -- After Khrushchev.

ISBN

• 0231039395
• 9780231039390

LCCN

76019104

OCLC

• ocm02331805
• 2331805
• SCSB-104251

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library