https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e4bd4683-37ee-4299-975a-cd91659ede54 Samantha Lomb, a PHD in Russian history, joins the show to discuss her book "Stalin’s Constitution: Soviet Participatory Politics and the Discussion of the 1936 Draft Constitution". Based on her studies of soviet archives Samantha guides us through a discussion of how the average Soviet citizen participated in reforming their new constitution in 1936 (one of the most progressive constitutions ever written!) ; the role of the press in their society, what living on a collective farm was like, the endemic lawlessness and violence of the Soviet countryside; the purges of 1936-1937 and addressing whether calling the Soviet Union "totalitarian" holds any validity. And that is just a taste! Guest Info: Samantha Lomb Samantha's website Samantha's podcast on New Books Network Documentary on Samantha's research and life in Russia produced by RT: Stallin Democracy? Episode Credits Intro: "Wistful" produced by Maxi Beatz Outro: Internationale Trap Remix by Matt Cousins Opening Interlude Voiceover: USSR 1936 Consitution read by Nils Paulsson Opening Interlude Music: "Fair" produced by Y-2 Attached Documents Stalin’s Constitution: Soviet Participatory Politics and the Discussion of the 1936 Draft Constitution (Book) by Samantha Lomb, Moscow is Far Away: Peasant Communal Traditions in the Expulsion of Collective Farm Members in the Vyatka Kirov Region 1932 1939 (Academic Paper) by Samantha Lomb Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:42:20 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e4bd4683-37ee-4299-975a-cd91659ede54 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.