Politics, Society, and Culture in Flux, 1945–84

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2026
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Abstract
This chapter examines the Soviet Union's political, social, cultural, and economic transformation from 1945 to 1984, emphasising postwar Stalinism, reconstruction, ideological repression, and the emergence of Cold War rivalries. It analyses Nikita Khrushchev's rise after Stalin's death, his denunciation of the personality cult, and his reform campaigns that reshaped de-Stalinization, economic modernization, and cultural liberalization. The chapter explains how Leonid Brezhnev's leadership restored administrative stability, expands welfare and elite privilege, strengthens military power, and intensifies economic stagnation, social alienation, and bureaucratic conservatism. It also explores everyday Soviet experience, including gender expectations, consumer culture, dissident movements, unofficial artistic expression, and tensions surrounding nationality, religion, and human rights. Finally, the chapter evaluates Soviet international relations, détente, communist expansion, and mounting systemic crises that prepared the ground for Gorbachev's reforms and leadership.
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Authors Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, Mark D. Steinberg
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/hepl/9780197875070.003.0037
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https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780197875070.003.0037
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