17: Reforms, Recentralization, Dissidence: 1950s-1970s
The Making of Modern Ukraine
The Legacy of the Second World War
Stalinist transformation of the Soviet economy has essentially been completed. There's a new cultural focus on Ukraine, which is defined by a fellow called Zhdanov in a larger cultural turn. In these two camps, there's not really any longer a vision of progress. The Soviets are now going to define themselves against the West through culture.
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