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Everyday Life in Stalinist Estonia
by: Olaf Mertelsmann
edited by: Eero Medijainen and Olaf Mertelsmann
published by: Peter Lang GmbH, Europaischer Verlag der Wissenschaften
pp: 163
ISBN: 978-3-631-62309-1
price: 34,80 €
In Estonia, as in other Eastern European countries, the Stalinist era remains in the center of attention of historians. Politics, repression and resistance dominate the historiography, while everyday life is definitely under-represented. This book attempts to close the gap and focuses on different aspects of everyday life in Stalinist Estonia.
Contents
- History of everyday life during Stalinism
- Sovietization of Estonia
- Resistance and accommodation
- Leisure in Stalin's Estonia
- Standard of living
- Life on a Stalinist kolkhoz
- The private sphere under Stalinism
- Moonshining
About the author
Olaf Mertelsmann is Associate Professor in Contemporary History at the University of Tartu (Estonia). He holds a doctorate from the University of Hamburg and has taught in Hamburg, Novosibirsk and Tartu.
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