{"product_id":"soviet-magazine-bolshevik-no-8-stalin-1932-журнал-большевик-8-сталин-бауман","title":"Bolshevik No. 8, April 30, 1932. Theoretical and Political Journal of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eБольшевик. №8, 30 апреля 1932 г. \/ Редколлегия: Бауман К., Бухарин Н. и др.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Правда», 1932.\u003cbr\u003e98 с. Мягкая издательская обложка, увеличенный формат.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eBolshevik. No. 8, April 30, 1932. \/ Editorial Board: K. Bauman, N. Bukharin, et al.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : Pravda Publishing House, 1932.\u003cbr\u003e98 pp. Softcover, enlarged format. In Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis April 1932 issue of Bolshevik is a primary ideological artifact from a pivotal year in Soviet history—the final year of the first Five-Year Plan. As the central theoretical and political organ of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), the journal was the definitive platform for articulating the Party line on Marxist-Leninist theory and the practical construction of socialism.\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Context and the Editorial Board: The 1932 issues are particularly noteworthy for their editorial board, which still included Nikolai Bukharin. By this time, Bukharin—once the Party’s chief theorist—had been politically sidelined after his \"Right Opposition\" was defeated by Stalin. His presence on the masthead alongside Karl Bauman represents the final period before his total exclusion and the subsequent \"Great Purge,\" making this issue a witness to the shifting power dynamics within the Soviet elite.\u003cbr\u003eThe April 30th date coincides with the eve of May Day, and the contents of No. 8 typically focused on the international labor movement and the successes of the \"Socialist Offensive.\" The journal provided deep ideological analysis of the international communist movement, including the arrangement of class struggle tactics in Western Europe and the systemic progress of industrialization in the USSR. To ensure its reach as an educational tool for party cadres, the issue includes substantial reports on the \"collectivization\" of agriculture and the fulfillment of industrial quotas \"in four years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963147780138,"sku":"EB-306387058215","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_52ea0d0e-c8cb-4251-a06a-ce5b2f1580b0.jpg?v=1768161932","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/soviet-magazine-bolshevik-no-8-stalin-1932-%d0%b6%d1%83%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%bb-%d0%b1%d0%be%d0%bb%d1%8c%d1%88%d0%b5%d0%b2%d0%b8%d0%ba-8-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd-%d0%b1%d0%b0%d1%83%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bd","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}