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THE GHOST OF THE EXECUTED ENGINEER
TECHNOLOGY AND THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION |
| By: |
Loren R. Graham |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£28.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674354370 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674354371 |
| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 1996 |
| Series: |
Russian Research Center Studies v.87 |
| Pages: |
154 |
| Description: |
This work looks at the decline of Soviet technology and industry, as seen through the eyes of the ghost of Peter Palchinsky, executed on the orders of Stalin. It provides the story of the engineer's life and work, pointing out the mistakes and corruption he condemned in his lifetime. |
| Synopsis: |
Stalin ordered his execution, but here Palchinksy's ghost leads us through the miasma of Soviet technology and industry, pointing out the mistakes he condemned in his lifetime, the corruption and collapse he predicted, and the ultimate price paid for silencing those who were not afraid to speak out. The story of this engineer's life and work, as Graham tells it, is also the story of the Soviet Union's industrial promise and failure. |
| Illustrations: |
18 halftones, 2maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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