Stalinismus in der Ukraine. Die Rekonstruktion des sowjetischen Systems nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Veröffentlichungen des Osteuropa Institutes München. Reihe: Geschichte, 71 by Katrin Boeckh (review)
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reviews 773 Synthetic histories arebytheir verynatureoften problematic and proneto criticism, butthereislittle todisapprove ofinthisbook.In fact, thisreviewer was onlyleft wanting more.Pavlowitch's concluding remark aboutthe'mess ofmyths' (p.282)thatisthelegacyofcivilwarand post-war Communist rule, is pregnant withpossibilities. This is notto suggest thatPavlowitch does not tacklesomeofthesemyths. Buta dissection ofthesemyths and a discussion of theircontemporary relevance,which admittedly may lie beyond the intendedscope ofthebook,wouldhave made foran interesting postscript. Hitler's NewDisorder is a superior workofhistorical scholarship thatshouldbe requiredreadingforanyoneinterested in theSecond WorldWar in former Yugoslaviaand,indeed,itspost-war history and ultimate demise. Department ofJustice, Canada Ottawa Mark Biondigh Boeckh, Katrin. Stalinismus inderUkraine. Die Rekonstruktion dessozvjetischen Systems nachdem^weiten Weltkrieg. Veröffentlichungen des OsteuropaInstitutes München. Reihe: Geschichte,71. Harrassowitz,Wiesbaden, 2007. 605 pp. Tables. Notes.Bibliography. Appendix.Index.€84.00. Katrin Boegkh's monographseeks to explain how the Stalinistregime re-established itself in Ukrainefollowing theexpulsion oftheGermanarmy. Byconcentrating on theyears1944to 1946,herworkspansthepointatwhich theWestern historiography ofUkrainenormally beginstoloseinterest in the country. Atthesametime,shedevotesa considerable portion ofherbookto placingthisperiodin thebroadercontext ofthehistory oftheSovietUnion duringand afterthe Second World War. Thus, Stalinismus in derUkraine belongsto the verysmallgroupof studiesof post-warUkraine,but also addressesa numberof issueswhichhave been the object of considerable discussion. Boeckh'sbookprovidesa synthesis oftheexisting literature on Stalinism, thepost-war SovietUnion and Ukraine.In addition,a numberof sections draw upon primary researchin the Russian and Ukrainianarchives.She deals witha wide rangeof topics,fromthe more familiar, such as Soviet antisemitism and theregime's struggle againsttheUkrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), to thelesswellknown, forexamplethereturn ofevacuatedartand thecreation ofwomen'scouncilsin Western Ukraine. Due to theextensive use ofsecondary literature, Boeckh'sconclusions are sound,but do not fundamentally changeour understanding of theperiod. The Sovietregimesoughtto recreate a homogenous society in theprovinces liberated fromGermanoccupationbyobscuring thedifferent experiences of theSecondWorldWar,forexampleinitsdenialoftheHolocaustas a crime directedagainstJews,and persecuting and deporting not onlythosewho actively resisted theSovietstate, butalso thosewhoweresimply suspected of beingitsopponents. At thesame time,it hoped to mobilizethepopulation to participate in the economicreconstruction of the country. The Soviet 774 SEER, 88, 4, OCTOBER 2OIO authorities usedterror toachievethesegoalsbut,unlike during the1930s, they maintained a tightgripon itsapplication:terror was targeted againstvery specific groups,such as the UPA, and partymemberssubjectedto purges facedexclusionor demotionratherthanexecution.At the same time,the regimeplaced greater emphasison propagandain orderto winthesupport of locals in the Westernprovinces.It showeditselfto be flexiblein the methodsemployed, as evidentin the policyof limitedUkrainianization in Western Ukraine.Indeed,thoughtheregimeopposedtheUPA's separatist goals,itdidallowsomeroomfortheexpression ofa Ukrainian identity, granting Ukrainea specialplace in the hierarchy of Sovietnationsas Russia's littlebrother' whiletrying to appointlocal cadresin Ukraine. Atfirst glance,theseconclusions reflect Boeckh'scallfora moredifferentiatedunderstanding ofStalinism thatgoesbeyondthetotalitarian andrevisionistapproaches .However,throughout hermonograph, Boeckhseemstoplace moreemphasis on Stalinism as a regime imposedfrom aboveuponan unwilling population.At times,she claimsthatthe West Ukrainianpopulation rejectedSoviet proclamationsand measureswithoutprovidingsufficient evidenceforthis.Indeed,itwouldbe interesting to knowhowtheUkrainian populationof Galicia, whichcertainly was generally hostileto the Soviet regime, viewedthemorepositive - fromthepointofviewofa Ukrainian nationalist aspectsofSovietrule ,forinstancetheexpulsionofthePolish population. The rangeofBoeckh'sknowledge is impressive. Her workincludesmany interesting factsand references thatwillbe ofuse to researchers. The monograph 'sbreadth,however,provesto be a drawback.Boeckhmovesswiftly fromtopicto topic,notalwaysrelating themto each otheror back to her overallargument. The moregeneralsectionsprovidea usefulsummary of their subjectfornewstudents oftheSovietUnionand Ukraine,butareperhapslessinteresting forspecialists, whilethedetailoftheprimary research is perhapstoo specific foranyonebutexperts. This givestheworkan uneven feeland itis unclearexactly forwhomitis intended. Stalinismus inderUkraine, therefore, containsmuchwhichis useful.It will hopefully inspire and helphistorians toundertake further research on Ukraine afterthe Second World War, an area whichto date has been woefully neglected.However,unfortunately, Boeckh'smonographhas a numberof flaws whichmaydenyitthelasting impactwhichsucha comprehensive work wouldotherwise deserve. Regensburg C. R. GlLLEY Kemp-Welch, A. Poland underCommunism: A Cold War History.Cambridge University Press,Cambridgeand New York,2008.xii + ''' pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index.£50.00: $99.00. The economicsituation couldnothavebeen moredire.After yearsofliving above itsmeanswithgovernment subsidized foodpricesthatdid notreflect the actual cost of food and worldmarketprices,the Polish government ...
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.010 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.002 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; both teacher heads agree on what is shown here.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".