Predislovie (Introduction )

The causes and consequences of the great famines of the last two centuries in Russia, China, Ireland and elsewhere

Famines have huge human, economic, social and cultural costs. A better understanding of the multi-faceted dimensions of past famines - the i..

Rethinking the History of Soviet Stalinism

This project will provide a more sophisticated understanding of the complexities of Stalin's Russia by considering critically the data now a..

Soviet social and political crises in perspective: from the famine of 1931-3 to the Yezhovshchina of 1937-8

We will all gain from an improved understanding of some of the major historical developments of the modern period. But in addition to this, ..