Robert William Davies
R. W. Davies is Emeritus Professor of Russian Economic Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
show more
R. W. Davies is Emeritus Professor of Russian Economic Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
show less
Birth date: 1925-04-23
Robert William Davies's Books
During the late 1930s life in the Soviet Union was defined by terror, as a series of purges orchestrated by Joseph Stalin and carried out by his secret police apparatus gutted the nation. More than a million people, from Communist Party leaders to government officials to wealthy peasants, were arres...
Over the course of the interwar era, the Soviet Union sought to bring their economy fully into the 20th century through a massive campaign of industrialization. Not only were considerable resources directed to expand the industrial sector, but its products were then employed to modernize agricultura...