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The Failure Of Soviet Orphan Policies, 1918-1939, Stephen Wong
The Failure Of Soviet Orphan Policies, 1918-1939, Stephen Wong
Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History
The soviet government is the first in the world that proclaimed to transform orphans. The essay will compare the soviet experiment in two distinct periods: period from 1917 to 1926 and the period under Stalin in the 1930s. The first period has produced large war orphans but Soviet government has made enormous effort to accommodate them. However, the Stalin’s reign under the 1930s has failed the experiment as children and orphans become victims of Stalin’s Terror.