From the Soviet technical intelligentsia emerged more than three quarters of recent Politburo members, including Brezhnev, Kosygin, and Podgorny. The largest single group of dissenters, including Grigorenko, Sakharov, and Solzhenitsyn, have also been members.
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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*List of Illustration, pg.
vii*Preface, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*1. Background of the Russian
Technostructure: From the Tsarist Era to 1918, pg. 19*2. The Soviet
Technostructure, 1918-1928, pg. 44*3. The Shakhty Affair, pg. 69*4. The
Industrial Party Affair, pg. 95*5. The Aftermath of the Shakhty and
Industrial Party Trials, pg. 122*6. Old Specialists and New Patrons: The End
of Terror, pg. 141*7. Cultural Revolution and the Creation of a New Technical
Intelligentsia, 1928-1933, pg. 159*8. Recruitment of the New Technostructure:
Class, Sex, and Ethnic Origins, 1928-1941, pg. 188*9. The Educational
Experience: Quantity and Quality, 1928-1941, pg. 216*10. The Educational
Experience: Student Life and Attitudes, 1928-1941, pg. 244*11. The Production
Specialist and the Politics of Planning, pg. 265*12. The Flight from
Production: Causes and Consequences, pg. 297*13. Research and Development:
The Barriers to Innovation, pg. 337*14. Technology and Legitimacy: Soviet
Aviation and Stalinism in the 1930s, pg. 381*Conclusions, pg. 407*Glossary of
Terms and Abbreviations, pg. 427*Appendix, pg. 431*Selected Bibliography, pg.
443*Index, pg. 459*Studies of the Russian Institute, pg. 471
