Paul Stronski is an independent scholar and lecturer who has taught at Stanford, George Mason, and George Washington universities.
A solid account based on a large number of materials from Moscow as
well as from several Uzbek archives. These documents include not
only urban development plans but also private letters intercepted
during World War II about hunger and disease, despair and death in
makeshift shelters or wet factory basements.-- "Slavic Review"
Enjoyable, smoothly written, wide in scope, and full of fascinating
points; it should be recommended to historians of the USSR and
their students, and can be used as a resource for research and
teaching alike.-- "Russian Review"
One of this book's most salient features is Stronski's use of
archival sources located at the federal, republic, and city levels,
as well as his ability to negotiate documents in both Russian and
Uzbek. An important addition to understanding how Soviet power was
implemented and resisted in an urban center. Highly recommended.--
"Choice"
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