Sheila Fitzpatrick book published in 1999, Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s articulates the citizens during the Stalinist 1930’s period, seeking an conventional life in an complete un-conventional period. This basic formality is asserting throughout the entire article, underlining the desperate nature of the citizens for their survival, physically and psychologically. The article leads an interesting plot as Fitzpatrick succeeds in comprehending and grasping the peoples seemingly fight for survival and un-raveling specifically how difficult it was to live during such times.

Sheila Fitzpatrick is an extremely high-regarded Soviet focused Australian historian. She has written multiple books on the obscurities of the Soviet reign, well regarded for …show more content…
She successfully depicts the ever-present issues through the beauracratic, social and economic system which the Soviet citizens faced throughout this period. Evidently, soviets of the 1930’s were forced to tolerate and overcome an arbitrary communist (not sure if communist) government and famine of basically every commodity. This was due to the state promoting a radical economic advance and forshadowing an evident ‘under production of consumer goods as systematic distribution problems’ (pg 42), taking a ‘second place’ to the heavy industry. (pg. 42)Millions lost their properties due to confiscation and millions more escaped into the major cities causing wide-spread food shortages due to the massive influx and overcrowding. In the beginnings of the 1930’s shortages were widespread and even the most common basic foodstuffs, clothing, soaps, matches all fell under consumer demand. (Pg. 43,44) Through this, as the Russian population increased drastically, food supply was far outweighed by the demand. As it was, resulting in tragic events. Fitzpatrick criticizes Stalinist