" . . . an exciting, first-rate contribution to our understanding of Soviet history on several levels . . . and the relationship between tsarist and Soviet educational policies and practices." --Ben Eklof
"Larry E. Holmes' book is a fine, expert study of a difficult topic." --The Historian
" . . . this first-rate work definitely points the way toward a new understanding of the Soviet Union in the 1920s." --Journal of Modern History
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