title: “For the Good of the City, I’m Ready to Bow to the Devil”: the Head of the Leningrad City Council N. I. Smirnov during the Thaw (1954–1962)
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metadata.value: Podolskiy, S. I.
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metadata.value: Voloshinova, I. V.
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metadata.value: 2019-12-12T21:24:26Z
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metadata.value: 2019-12-12T21:24:26Z
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metadata.value: 2019-09
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metadata.value: Podolskiy S. I., Voloshinova I. V. ‘“For the Good of the City, I’m Ready to Bow to the Devil”: the Head of the Leningrad City Council N. I. Smirnov during the Thaw (1954–1962)’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 9, no. 3, 2019, pp. 697–711.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2019.310
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/16837
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metadata.value: The article explores the life and activities of the prominent regional economic manager Nikolai Smirnov
  (1906–1962), who served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council in 1954–1962.
  Smirnov was a colorful and talented person. At the same time, he did much for the development of the urban
  economy. He had to work in difficult conditions of interaction of the city with the capital's structures, especially
  defects of the planning and distribution system. Smirnov proved himself a loyal supporter of Khrushchev, and he
  skillfully used the support of the leader. Smirnov strove for a simple and democratic style of communication with
  his subordinates and was humane and accessible. Close attention is paid to the use of nomenklatura methods
  of work, based on personal connections in central planning and distribution structures. A product of his time,
  Smirnov was able to defend the city’s interests and to make a worthy contribution to improving the daily life of
  Leningrad’s people. During his leadership, Smirnov addressed such important issues as the deployment of mass
  housing construction, the solution of a number of social problems of Leningrad’s residents, the celebration of the
  250th anniversary of Leningrad, some “lifting” of the Iron Curtain, and the investigation of several large criminal
  communities operating in trade.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 9; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Leningrad
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: сhairman
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Leningrad City Executive Committee
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: N. I. Smirnov
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: urban economy
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: city jubilee
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: corruption
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: planning and distribution bodies
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: nomenclature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: thaw
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: “For the Good of the City, I’m Ready to Bow to the Devil”: the Head of the Leningrad City Council N. I. Smirnov during the Thaw (1954–1962)
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