The moderate Bolshevik : Mikhail Tomsky from the factory to the Kremlin, 1880-1936 /
Wynn, Charters, 1953-
The moderate Bolshevik : Mikhail Tomsky from the factory to the Kremlin, 1880-1936 / by Charters Wynn. - 1 online resource : illustrations. - Historical materialism book series, volume 253 1570-1522 ; . - Historical materialism book series ; v. 253. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Note on transliteration -- The making of a moderate working-class Bolshevik leader -- Balancing act: Tomsky during War Communism and the trade-union debate -- Detour East: from disgraced exile in Tashkent to redemption inside the Kremlin -- Getting together then falling apart: Tomsky and British trade unionists -- Tomsky during NEP: trade unions and the intra-party struggle -- NEP's last stand: the eighth trade-union congress -- Tomsky outcast: tormenting a 'Right Deviationist' -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
"This first English-language biography of Mikhail Tomsky reveals his central role in all the key developments in early Soviet history, including the stormy debates over the role of unions in the self-proclaimed workers' state. Charters Wynn's compelling account illuminates how the charismatic Tomsky rose from an impoverished working-class background and years of tsarist prison and Siberian exile to become both a Politburo member and the head of the trade unions, where he helped shape Soviet domestic and foreign policy along generally moderate lines throughout the 1920s. His failed attempt to block Stalin's catastrophic adoption of forced collectivization would tragically make Tomsky a prime target in the Great Purges"--
900451497X 9789004514973
2022002811
Tomski�i, M. P. 1880-1936.
Tomski�i, M. P. 1880-1936.
1917-1936
Statesmen--Soviet Union--Biography.
Revolutionaries--Soviet Union--Biography.
Labor unions and communism--Soviet Union.
Agriculture and state--History.--Soviet Union
Labor movement--History.--Soviet Union
Working class--History.--Soviet Union
Hommes d'�Etat--URSS--Biographies.
Syndicats et communisme--URSS.
Politique agricole--Histoire.--URSS
Mouvement ouvrier--Histoire.--URSS
Travailleurs--Histoire.--URSS
Agriculture and state.
Economic policy.
Labor movement.
Labor unions and communism.
Politics and government.
Revolutionaries.
Statesmen.
Working class.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
Soviet Union--Economic policy--1917-1928.
URSS--Politique et gouvernement--1917-1936.
URSS--Politique �economique--1917-1928.
Soviet Union.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
DK268.T64 / W96 2022
947.084092 B
The moderate Bolshevik : Mikhail Tomsky from the factory to the Kremlin, 1880-1936 / by Charters Wynn. - 1 online resource : illustrations. - Historical materialism book series, volume 253 1570-1522 ; . - Historical materialism book series ; v. 253. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Note on transliteration -- The making of a moderate working-class Bolshevik leader -- Balancing act: Tomsky during War Communism and the trade-union debate -- Detour East: from disgraced exile in Tashkent to redemption inside the Kremlin -- Getting together then falling apart: Tomsky and British trade unionists -- Tomsky during NEP: trade unions and the intra-party struggle -- NEP's last stand: the eighth trade-union congress -- Tomsky outcast: tormenting a 'Right Deviationist' -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
"This first English-language biography of Mikhail Tomsky reveals his central role in all the key developments in early Soviet history, including the stormy debates over the role of unions in the self-proclaimed workers' state. Charters Wynn's compelling account illuminates how the charismatic Tomsky rose from an impoverished working-class background and years of tsarist prison and Siberian exile to become both a Politburo member and the head of the trade unions, where he helped shape Soviet domestic and foreign policy along generally moderate lines throughout the 1920s. His failed attempt to block Stalin's catastrophic adoption of forced collectivization would tragically make Tomsky a prime target in the Great Purges"--
900451497X 9789004514973
2022002811
Tomski�i, M. P. 1880-1936.
Tomski�i, M. P. 1880-1936.
1917-1936
Statesmen--Soviet Union--Biography.
Revolutionaries--Soviet Union--Biography.
Labor unions and communism--Soviet Union.
Agriculture and state--History.--Soviet Union
Labor movement--History.--Soviet Union
Working class--History.--Soviet Union
Hommes d'�Etat--URSS--Biographies.
Syndicats et communisme--URSS.
Politique agricole--Histoire.--URSS
Mouvement ouvrier--Histoire.--URSS
Travailleurs--Histoire.--URSS
Agriculture and state.
Economic policy.
Labor movement.
Labor unions and communism.
Politics and government.
Revolutionaries.
Statesmen.
Working class.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
Soviet Union--Economic policy--1917-1928.
URSS--Politique et gouvernement--1917-1936.
URSS--Politique �economique--1917-1928.
Soviet Union.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
DK268.T64 / W96 2022
947.084092 B