The shortest history of the Soviet Union / (Record no. 3093262)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | JGU |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240917110146.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789390742707 |
| Qualifying information | pbk. |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | JGU |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fitzpatrick, Sheila, |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1664619 |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The shortest history of the Soviet Union / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Sheila Fitzpatrick. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Delhi : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Columbia University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2022. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "In 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries came to power in the war-torn Russian Empire in a way that defied all predictions, including their own. Scarcely a lifespan later, in 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed as accidentally as it arose. The decades between witnessed drama on an epic scale-the chaos and hope of revolution, famines and purges, hard-won victory in history's most destructive war, and worldwide geopolitical conflict, all entwined around the dream of building a better society. This book is a lively and authoritative distillation of this complex history, told with vivid details, a grand sweep, and wry wit. The acclaimed historian Sheila Fitzpatrick chronicles the Soviet Age-its rise, reign, and unexpected fall, as well as its afterlife in today's Russia. She underscores the many ironies of the Soviet experience: An ideology that claimed to offer humanity the reins of history wrangled with contingency. An avowedly internationalist and anti-imperialist state birthed an array of nationalisms. And a vision of transcending economic and social inequality and injustice gave rise to a country that was, in its way, surprisingly normal"-- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Soviet Union--History. |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Koha item type | Home library | Current library | Full call number | Barcode | Total Checkouts | Date last seen |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | 947 FI-S | 154358 | 16/09/2024 | ||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | 947 FI-S | 154359 | 16/09/2024 |