Soviet and communist studies, or simply Soviet studies, is the field of regional and historical studies on the Soviet Union and other communist states, as well as the history of communism and of the communist parties that existed or still exist in some form in many countries, both inside and outside the former Eastern Bloc, such as the Communist Party USA. One example was David Brandenberger's concept of National Bolshevism to describe the Stalinist regime's turn against internationalism, with Russian cultural hegemony and xenophobia becoming the main ideological currents from the 1930s. This subgroup of revisionists sought to recapitulate a "relatively pure" communism in the Soviet Union and explain all of its policies, such as the nationality operations of the NKVD and deportations of Koreans, as a reflection of Marxism.

Victims of Stalinism

According to J. Arch Getty, over half of the 100 million deaths which are commonly attributed to communism were due to famines. Getty writes that the "overwhelming weight of opinion among scholars working in the new archives is that the terrible famine of the 1930s was the result of Stalinist bungling and rigidity rather than some genocidal plan."

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Account required for online access

The following journals can only be accessed through participating institutions such as libraries or institutions of higher learning which have a subscription:

  • Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 1–52 (1993–2019). University of California Press. Retrieved 24 December 2020 – via Elsevier.
  • Eastern European Politics. 28–36 (2012–2020). Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 24 December 2020 – via Taylor & Francis Online. Previously known as Journal of Communist Studies. 1–9 (1985–1993). Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. 10–27 (1994–2011).
  • Europe-Asia Studies. 45–64 (1993–2012). Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  • Journal of Cold War Studies. 1–16 (1999–2014). The MIT Press. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  • Journal of Contemporary History. 1–51 (1966–2016). Sage Publications. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  • Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History. 1–21 (2000–2020). Slavica Publishers. Retrieved 24 December 2020 – via Project MUSE.
  • Post-Soviet Affairs. 8–36 (1992–2020). Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 24 December 2020 – via Taylor & Francis Online. Previously known as Soviet Economy. 1–8 (1985–1992).
  • Problems of Post-Communism. 42–67 (1995–2020). Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 24 December 2020 – via Taylor & Francis Online. Previously known as Problems of Communism. 1–41 (1954–1992). Taylor & Francis.
  • The Russian Review. 1–73 (1941–2014). Wiley on behalf of The Editors and Board of Trustees of the Russian Review. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  • The Slavonic and East European Review. 6–98 (1928–2020). Modern Humanities Research Association and University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  • The Slavonic Review. 1–6 (1922–1927). Modern Humanities Research Association and University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  • Studies in East European Thought. 45–68 (1993–2016). Springer. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  • Studies in Soviet Thought. 1–44 (1961–1992). Springer. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  • Soviet Studies. 1–44 (1949–1992). Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

Mostly free-online access

The following journals are by subscription but most of the back-issue articles can be accessed free of charge online:

  • Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. 1–14 (1992–2006).

Printed journals

  • Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung . Yearbook for Historical Communist Studies (1993–2020). . Retrieved 24 December 2020 – via Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung.
  • Slavic Review. 20–76 (1961–2017). Cambridge University Press. . Retrieved 24 December 2020. Previously known as The Slavonic Year-Book. 1 (1941). Cambridge University Press. The Slavonic and East European Review. American Series. 2–3 (1943–1944). Cambridge University Press. The American Slavic and East European Review. 4–20 (1945–1961). Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Cambridge University Press.

Academic programs

  • Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies. Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. 2 September 2004. . Retrieved 24 December 2020 – via Socrates and Berkeley Scholars.
  • Publications. Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. 20 August 2004. . Retrieved 24 December 2020 – via Socrates and Berkeley Scholars.