عنوان

Moscow :

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0674587413 (cloth : alk. paper)

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9780674587410 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Moscow :

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[Book]

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governing the socialist metropolis /

First Statement of Responsibility

Timothy J. Colton.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 939 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

25 cm.

Series Title

Russian Research Center studies ;

Volume Designation

88

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [799]-908) and index.

Text of Note

1. Frontier Town into Metropolis -- 2. Red Moscow -- 3. From Reurbanization to Hyperurbanization -- 4. Stalin's Moscow -- 5. The Limits of De-Stalinization -- 6. The Politics of Basic Needs and of Urban Amenity -- 7. The Mold Shattered -- 8. Toward a Post-Socialist Metropolis -- Appendix A The Population of Moscow -- Appendix B Composition and Administrative Structure of the Municipal and Communist Party Organs of Soviet Moscow -- Appendix C Careers of Municipal and Communist Party Officials in Soviet Moscow -- Appendix D Housing Construction and Supply in Soviet Moscow

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Linchpin of the Soviet system and exemplar of its ideology, Moscow was nonetheless instrumental in the Soviet Union's demise. It was in this metropolis of nine million people that Boris Yeltsin, during two frustrating years as the city's party boss, began his move away from Communist orthodoxy. Colton charts the general course of events that led to this move, tracing the political and social developments that have given the city its modern character. He shows how the monolith of Soviet power broke down in the process of metropolitan governance, where the constraints of censorship and party oversight could not keep up with proliferating points of view, haphazard integration, and recurrent deviation from approved rules and goals. Everything that goes into making a city - from town planning, housing, and retail services to environmental and architectural concernsfigures in Colton's account of what makes Moscow unique. He shows us how these aspects of the city's organization, and the actions of leaders and elite groups within them, coordinated or conflicted with the overall power structure and policy imperatives of the Soviet Union. Against this background, Colton explores the growth of the anti-Communist revolution in Moscow politics, as well as fledgling attempts to establish democratic institutions and a market economy.

Title

Moscow.

Municipal government-- Russia (Federation)-- Moscow.

Urban policy-- Russia (Federation)-- Moscow.

Moscow (Russia), History, 20th century.

Moscow (Russia), Politics and government.

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Colton, Timothy J.,1947-

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20130709105904.0

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