| Republic of Labor: Russian Printers and Soviet Socialism, 1918–1930 Subjects: Working class -- Soviet Union -- History; Labor -- Soviet Union -- History; Printing industry -- Soviet Union -- History; Printers -- Labor unions -- Soviet Union -- History; Industrial relations -- Soviet Union -- History; The long decade from the October Revolution to 1930 was the beginning of a great experiment to create a socialist society. Throughout these years, socialist trade unions attempted to transform the Russian worker into a productive and enthusiastic... Diane P. Koenker is Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Editor of the Slavic Review. She is the author of Moscow Workers and the 1917 Revolution , coauthor of Strikes in Revolution, Russia 1917 , and coeditor and translator of Notes of a Red Guard . |