Description
Book SynopsisWhen revolutions happen, they change the rules of everyday life. This occurred in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which laid the foundations of the Soviet state, and again in 1991, when that state collapsed. This book is about the remaking of identities in these times of upheaval.
Trade Review"Sheila Fitzpatrick's work has defined social history of the Soviet period: it is the reference against which others are measured and to which they react."--J. Arch Getty, Slavic Review
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE: Becoming Soviet 3 PART I. Class Identities 27 CHAPTER TWO: The Bolshevik Invention of Class 29 CHAPTER THREE: Class Identities in NEP Society 51 CHAPTER FOUR: Class and Soslovie 71 PART II. Lives 89 CHAPTER FIVE: Lives under Fire 91 CHAPTER SIX: The Two Faces of Anastasia 102 CHAPTER SEVEN: Story of a Peasant Striver 114 CHAPTER EIGHT: Women's Lives 125 PART III. Appeals 153 CHAPTER NINE: Supplicants and Citizens 155 CHAPTER TEN: Patrons and Clients 182 PART IV. Denunciations 203 CHAPTER ELEVEN: Signals from Below 205 CHAPTER TWELVE: Wives' Tales 240 PART V. Impostures 263 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The World of Ostap Bender 265 CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Con Man as Jew 282 AFTERWORD 301 CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Becoming Post-Soviet 303 Selected Further reading 319 Index 323
