The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall of the Soviet Union (Russian Research Centre Studies)

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1996
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This work looks at the decline of Soviet technology and industry, as seen through the eyes of the ghost of Peter Palchinsky, executed on the orders of Stalin. It provides the story of the engineer's life and work, pointing out the mistakes and corruption he condemned in his lifetime.

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This work looks at the decline of Soviet technology and industry, as seen through the eyes of the ghost of Peter Palchinsky, executed on the orders of Stalin. It provides the story of the engineer's life and work, pointing out the mistakes and corruption he condemned in his lifetime.

$43.18

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 154
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 01 Apr 1996
ISBN 10: 0674354370
ISBN 13: 9780674354371