Download or read book Soviet History, 1917–53 written by Julian Cooper and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents eleven studies in the field of Russian/Soviet economic and social history, which have been specially commissioned as a tribute to Professor R.W. Davies. Each chapter highlights a particular area of controversy, and illuminates the process of policy formation in this critical period of Soviet development. Together they provide an overview of the period 1917-1953.