title: Party Membership in the Career of a Soviet Engineer: the Fate of S. L. Buryanov
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metadata.value: Gavrilova, O. A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-02-06T19:26:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-02-06T19:26:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Gavrilova O. A. ‘Party Membership in the Career of a Soviet Engineer: the Fate of S. L. Buryanov’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 9, no. 4, 2019, pp. 969–978.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2019.409
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17037
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article uses archival materials to restore the biography of an ordinary Soviet engineer, whose career
  followed the requirements of the socialist state under construction. L. S. Buryanov is of interest in part because
  his diary adds new data to our picture of Blockade of Leningrad. Buryanov’s special education and professional
  career were closely associated with membership in the ranks of the Communist Party. However, party literacy and
  active participation in public life failed to protect Buryanov during the purge. Concealing questionable parts of his
  biography of the Civil war period and of his social roots led to the cancelling of his party membership and a long
  appeal procedure, in which by Buryanov received excellent evaluations for his business qualities and character.
  The restoration of his party membership and professional growth as the leading engineer for a large enterprise in
  the food industry could provide serious career prospects for the young engineer and party member. However, the
  loss of his membership card and concealing an incident in a local party cell, agains the background of repression
  in the wake of the murder of S. M. Kirov, led to expulsion once again from the party. Discussion in various party
  contexts did not restore Buryanov’s membership. On the contrary, it was a catalyst for his professional failure,
  provoked by alcohol addiction.
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metadata.value: This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), project no. 17-01-00346
  “The Blockade in the decisions of the leading party bodies of Leningrad, 1941–1944”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 9; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Leningrad
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: party purges
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Communist Party
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: engineer
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Siege of Leningrad
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: diary
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Party Membership in the Career of a Soviet Engineer: the Fate of S. L. Buryanov
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metadata.value: Article
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