Soviet Civilization

{{Short description|2001 collection of writings by Sergei Kara-Murza}}

{{Infobox book |

| name = Soviet civilization

| title_orig = {{langx|ru|Советская цивилизация}}

| author = Sergei Kara-Murza

| country = Russia

| language = Russian

| publisher = Algoritm

| release_date = 2001

| english_release_date =

| media_type = Print (hardback)

}}

Soviet Civilization ({{langx|ru|Советская цивилизация}}) is a 2001 collection of writings by Russian author Sergei Kara-Murza.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_2ZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA60|title=Eurasian Integration and the Russian World: Regionalism as an Identitiary Enterprise|first=Aliaksei|last=Kazharski|date=April 10, 2019|publisher=Central European University Press|via=Google Books}} This book is a bestseller.{{Cite journal|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/k-voprosu-o-prichinah-raspada-soyuza-ssr-s-tochki-zreniya-klassovoy-teorii-gosudarstva|title=К ВОПРОСУ О ПРИЧИНАХ РАСПАДА СОЮЗА ССР С ТОЧКИ ЗРЕНИЯ КЛАССОВОЙ ТЕОРИИ ГОСУДАРСТВА|first=Зуев|last=Ю.ф|date=January 5, 2018|journal=Актуальные проблемы гуманитарных и естественных наук|issue=3|pages=32–39|via=cyberleninka.ru}}{{Cite web|url=https://urss.ru/cgi-bin/db.pl?lang=Ru&blang=ru&page=Book&id=216620|title=Кара-Мурза С., Осипов Г. / СССР - цивилизация будущего. Инновации Сталина|website=urss.ru}}

The book was included by Eksmo Publishing House in the book series “Classics of Russian Thought”.{{Cite web|url=https://webkamerton.ru/user/615|title=Сергей КАРА-МУРЗА|website=webkamerton.ru}}https://www.hse.ru/data/2015/04/20/1095611717/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%E2%84%96%206.pdf{{Cite web|url=https://www.directmedia.ru/author_15730_kara_murza_s_g_/|title=Кара-Мурза Сергей Георгиевич|website=www.directmedia.ru}}

Description

The author's opus magnum,{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/13986224/Na%C5%9Bladownictwo_vs_wyj%C4%85tkowo%C5%9B%C4%87_wybrane_cechy_cywilizacji_radzieckiej_w_dziele_Siergieja_Kara_Murzy_Imitation_vs_uniqueness_selected_features_of_the_Soviet_civilization_in_the_work_of_Sergey_Kara_Murza|title=Naśladownictwo vs wyjątkowość: wybrane cechy cywilizacji radzieckiej w dziele Siergieja Kara-Murzy / Imitation vs uniqueness: selected features of the Soviet civilization in the work of Sergey Kara-Murza|first=Kateryna|last=Novikova|date=January 6, 2014|journal=Forum Socjologiczne UWr|via=www.academia.edu}}

the book has gone through several reprints.{{Cite journal|url=https://wuwr.pl/fsoc/article/view/5796/5474|title=Naśladownictwo vs wyjątkowość: wybrane cechy cywilizacji radzieckiej w dziele Siergieja Kara-Murzy|first=Kateryna|last=Novikova|date=December 31, 2014|journal=Forum Socjologiczne|volume=5|pages=107–122|via=wuwr.pl}}

The author himself considered it his best work.

The book is permeated with anti-Western sentiments and bitterness over the collapse of the “Soviet [social] order”.

The author criticizes elements of Eurocentrism in Lenin's thought.

Critics

The book was criticized by Mikhail Veller, calling it a lie.{{Cite web|url=https://litmir.club/br/?b=541394|title=Читать "Черный Принц политической некрофилии" - Веллер Михаил Иосифович - ЛитМир Club|website=Литмир - электронная библиотека}}

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Category:2001 non-fiction books

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