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Hace 2 días · The term great purge, an allusion to the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, was popularized by the historian Robert Conquest in his 1968 book The Great Terror. Following the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, a power vacuum opened in the Communist Party, the ruling party in the Soviet Union (USSR).
- 1936–1938
- 700,000 to 1.2 million, (higher estimates overlap with at least 116,000 deaths in the Gulag system)
1 de may. de 2024 · Historian Robert Conquest discusses Stalinist terrorism with Humanities editor Mary Lou Beatty. 14 Robert Conquest: An Appreciation By Charles Fairbanks The life of the 1993 Jefferson lecturer displays an impatience with orthodoxies, whether political or cultural. 19 The Stages of Struggle By Anthony Hartley How the material gathered by
25 de abr. de 2024 · Norman Conquest, the military conquest of England by William, duke of Normandy, primarily effected by his decisive victory at the Battle of Hastings (October 14, 1066) and resulting ultimately in profound political, administrative, and social changes in the British Isles.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The Norman Conquest was the military conquest of England by William, duke of Normandy, that ultimately resulted in profound political, administrati...
- William, duke of Normandy, had assembled a force of 4,000 to 7,000 knights and foot soldiers for the Norman Conquest.
- One effect of the Norman Conquest was the eclipse of the English vernacular as the language of literature, law, and administration in Britain. Supe...
Hace 4 días · Robert Conquest was a British historian who is sometimes credited with what is called Conquest’s Second Law, also known as O’Sullivan’s First Law. There is some debate over who articulated it first, but regardless the law is a good one.
30 de abr. de 2024 · According to Robert Conquest in Reflections on a Ravaged Century, unprecedented terror must seem necessary to ideologically motivated attempts to transform society...against its natural possibilities. The accompanying falsifications took place, and on a barely credible scale, in every sphere.
8 de may. de 2024 · Both recommend A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution by Orlando Figes. Francis Spufford chooses his best books on Russia in the 20 th -century and Robert Conquest chooses his best books on Communism. Robert Service chooses his best books on totalitarian Russia.
6 de may. de 2024 · Robert Conquest Curator for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia / Research Fellow. Anatol Shmelev is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Robert Conquest Curator for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia at Hoover’s Library & Archives, and the project archivist for its Radio…
