Books written by Larry E. Holmes
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Revising the Revolution: The Unmaking of Russia's Official History of 1917
In Revising the Revolution, Larry E. Holmes examines the role of Istpart's historians, in both the Moscow office and a regional branch in Viatka, who initially believed they could adhere to the traditional standards of research and ...
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The Kremlin and the Schoolhouse: Reforming Education in Soviet Russia, 1917-1931
. . . an exciting, first-rate contribution to our understanding of Soviet history on several levels . . . and the relationship between tsarist and Soviet educational policies and...
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Stalin’s School: Moscow’s Model School No. 25, 1931–1937
Photographs of the school's teachers and students, and reproductions of the students' notebooks, drawings, and watercolors add personality to this compelling story.
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Stalin's World War II Evacuations: Triumph and Troubles in Kirov
The story of Soviet evacuations of industry and people during World War II with a focus on the Kirov region.
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Educational Reform in Post-Soviet Russia: Legacies and Prospects
This volume consists of a collection of essays devoted to study of the most recent educational reform in Russia. In his first decree Boris Yeltsin proclaimed education a top priority of state policy.
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Revising the Revolution: The Unmaking of Russia's Official History of 1917
In Revising the Revolution, Larry E. Holmes examines the role of Istpart's historians, in both the Moscow office and a regional branch in Viatka, who initially believed they could adhere to the traditional standards of research and ...
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Win or Else: Soviet Football in Moscow and Beyond, 1921–1985
In Win or Else, Larry E. Holmes shows us how Soviet football culture regularly disregarded official ideological and political imperatives and skirted the boundaries between socialism and capitalism.
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Grand Theater: Regional Governance in Stalin's Russia, 1931-1941
Regional Governance in Stalin's Russia, 1931-1941 Larry E. Holmes. 2. For an extended discussion of educational policy and practice from 1917 to 1931, see Larry E. Holmes, The Kremlin and the Schoolhouse: Reforming Education in Soviet ...