O. Velikanova 
Popular Perceptions of Soviet Politics in the 1920s 
Disenchantment of the Dreamers

This is the first study of popular opinions in Soviet society in the 1920s. These voices which made the Russian revolution characterize reactions to mobilization politics: patriotic militarizing campaigns, the tenth anniversary of the revolution and state attempts to unite the nation around a new Soviet identity.

Table of Content

List of Photographs List of Tables Acknowledgements Glossary and Abbreviations Introduction Mobilization Model and Popular Opinions in the USSR. Historiographical Context Society in the 1920s: Everyday Hardships and Dissatisfaction Sources Foreign Threat: Leadership’s and Popular Perceptions in 1923 and 1924 The War Scare of 1927: Power Discourse The War Scare of 1927: Popular Perceptions Rural Consolidation against the Soviet Politics: Peasant Union Movement in the 1920s The Crisis of Faith. Popular Reactions to the Tenth Anniversary of October Revolution Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

OLGA VELIKANOVA obtained her Ph D from Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia. Having developed her career in Russia, Europe, Canada and the USA, she is now an expert in Soviet popular opinion studies and has published four books and numerous articles in this area after twenty years study in Russian archives.