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Enforcing Stalinist Discipline in the Early Years of Post-war Reconstruction in the USSR, 1945–1948

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  • Shaun Morcom

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A distinctive approach to disciplining the Soviet population emerged following the Terror of 1937–1938, and as a consequence of World War II, around the notion of socio-political and socio-economic ‘organisation’. The early post-war years as a consequence saw the introduction of innovative means of social disciplining in all areas of Soviet society. The infamous attack on the post-war intelligentsia, in particular, resulted from Stalin’s belief that only through the intelligentsia’s correct ‘leadership’ of this socio-economic ‘organisation’ would the Soviet Union be able to meet its challenges of reconstruction and superpower consolidation. This post-Terror and post-war phase in Stalinism marked a lasting turn, which consolidated the authoritarian socio-political dynamics evident in the later post-Stalin Soviet system.

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  • Shaun Morcom, 2016. "Enforcing Stalinist Discipline in the Early Years of Post-war Reconstruction in the USSR, 1945–1948," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 68(2), pages 312-344, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:68:y:2016:i:2:p:312-344
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2015.1112877
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