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"A short course in the history of VKP(b)"
Text and its history. Part 1
[ Kratkii Kurs Istorii ???(b)" : Tekst i Ego Istoriia: Chast` 1]
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Comp. by M.V. Zelenov and D. Brandenberger Warning: Undefined array key "" in /home3/russianp/public_html/books/fullBookDetails.php on line 85
Москва: ROSSPEN, 2014 791 p Hardcover. 17 x 24 cm ISBN: 9785824319354 Язык: Русский
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), is a propagandist textbook on the history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union first published in 1938. Colloquially known as "the Short Course", it was the most widely disseminated book during the reign of Joseph Stalin and one of the most important representing the ideology of Stalinism. It was reprinted 301 times during 1938–1953, the total printing more than 42 million copies in 67 languages. The first part of current edition is about the history of the Short Course, Stalin’s vision of history, his choice of sources and his main ideologems. The contributors also describe the history of writing this text, its versions, other contributors, putting together the set of teaching aids for the Course, etc. (1.145 kg.)