Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Rooney, Amanda C.
URN	etd-04172010-001447
Title	Crimes Unpunished: An Investigative Look at the Soviet Use of Terror under Joseph Stalin, 1934-1953
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	History, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Jonathan Grant Committee Chair Edward Wynot Committee Member Nathan Stoltzfus Committee Member
Keywords	Mass Murder Great Purges Twentieth Century Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin
Date of Defense	2010-04-12
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This thesis presents an investigative look at the events of the Soviet Terror from 1934-1953. It analyzes these events on two key levels. The first is the historiography and its continuing mysteries and shortcomings. The argument asserted is a call for future historical research to attempt to answer questions still unanswered and for a more comprehensive inclusion of all events that occurred under the leadership of Joseph Stalin. The Terror that existed under Joseph Stalin consists of three major levels. The first is the Great Terror which encompassed the years 1936-1939. The second is the ongoing effect the Terror held on citizen life and how it transformed Soviet ways of life including jobs, family relationships, and fears. The third is the lesser terror period that occurred from 1939-1953 during the years of World War II and ended with Stalin’s death. It is argued that while the Terror is a highly researched area of Soviet history, in today’s world it deserves to receive more extensive coverage as other mass murders of the twentieth century. Historians should begin to undo the crimes of misinformation and uncover the truth for the victims, survivors, historians, and world understanding.
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