The Socialist Construction of Philately in the Early Soviet Era
@article{Grant1995TheSC, title={The Socialist Construction of Philately in the Early Soviet Era}, author={Jonathan Grant}, journal={Comparative Studies in Society and History}, year={1995}, volume={37}, pages={476 - 493} }
The term totalitarian has often been used by scholars to characterize the Soviet Union's system of government, and in many studies the emphasis has fallen on assessing the degree of effectiveness of the ruling apparatus in exercising its total control over society. Whatever the actual condition of public life in the Soviet Union (USSR), a desire to use the totalitarian system undeniably existed; and regardless of the degree to which people were able to retain an autonomous private sphere, their…
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