The Soviet Union and the British general strike, 1926

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This paper addresses the Soviet analysis and response to the British General Strike of 1926 in the light of newly available documents.The recently discovered and published stenograms of Politburo meetings provide new information concerning Soviet politics and the political process.Previously, scholars have had only Soviet official documents and protocols of Politburo meetings, which only detail participants with a brief summary of decisions (vypuski) along with who received these summaries. 1From the protocols, and other sources, scholars were aware that verbatim stenograms existed, some of which were published and distributed to Central Committee members and other party leaders with instructions for them to be returned after they had been read. 2Amongst the 'lost Politburo stenograms' is the record of a lengthy, heated, discussion of the 'lessons of the British General Strike' on 3 June 1926. 3 It is this that the current paper is chiefly concerned with, detailing the Soviet stance to

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