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Zhdanovism and party revival : moderate alternatives under Stalin

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  • "This dissertation is a study of political discourse in the Stalinist system viewed through the political life of a leading Stalinist, A. A. Zhdanov. Most accounts concentrate on Zhdanov's cultural and ideological policies of the late 1940s, a period known as the Zhdanovshchina. In this study Zhdanov is placed in a broader context that takes into account his activities from the 1930s until his death in 1948. The methodology employed is an analysis of the Soviet press and printed documents supplemented by Western and Soviet secondary sources. This study is not a biography but an analysis of the internal workings of the Stalinist system by examining the phenomenon of "Zhdanovism.""
  • "Zhdanovism conflicted with other tendencies beginning in 1935. Zhdanov mounted four major campaigns to alter the institutional behavior of the Soviet system through political education and the revival of party life: 1935, 1937, 1939, and 1946-47. In each instance Zhdanovists met with resistance from hard-liners such as N. I. Ezhov and G. M. Malenkov. Both tendencies vied for Stalin's approval and support which he gave alternatively to one then the other. Zhdanov reached the pinnacle of his power after World War II when he temporarily overcame hard-line opposition and was briefly Stalin's heir apparent. After his death, Zhdanov's supporters were purged during the Leningrad Affair of 1949-50, but Zhdanovism continued to influence official policy."
  • "Zhdanov was the leader of a subset or "tendency" within the Stalinist system that can be called "Zhdanovist." Zhdanovism was a "moderate" alternative to other Stalinist subsets. These other subsets advocated violent repression as a solution to problems encountered by the Stalinist regime after the industrialization and collectivization drives 1928-1932. While Zhdanovists also participated in violence, they preferred the method of political education to achieve the smooth functioning of an increasingly disorganized and undisciplined party-state apparatus. Political education coexisted with purging and terror as systems of motivation and control."

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  • "Zhdanovism and party revival moderate alternatives under Stalin"
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