Good sources on life in the USSR

[Obs]

Hi, comrades. I'd love if any of you could recommend some unbiased sources regarding life in the Soviet Union, particularly during the Stalin era, but also the years immediately after Stalin's death. I'd also like good sources regarding the famine in the Ukraine in the 30s.

Both websites and books would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

(If this belongs in Learning, please move it.)

[ComradeOm]

Fitzpatrick's Everyday Stalinism sounds exactly what you're looking for. Although IIRC it only covers the 1930s. Fitzpatrick also has a good chapter in Beyond Totalitarianism but that is not strictly concerned with the Soviet Union

For a more economic perspective, both Nove (Economic History of the USSR) and Davies (Economic Transformation of the USSR) detail the rise/fall in living standards with the creation of the Stalinist economy but they may be too statistical/abstract for your taste. Wheatcroft also has a number of papers in the same vein - particularly The First 35 Years of Soviet Living Standards (2008) and Soviet Statistics During Times of Famine (1997) - which you might be able to find online

I've got a few posts about as well that might be of interest. Try this thread (http://www.revleft.com/vb/stalins-net-gain-t137155/index.html) (and particularly this post (http://www.revleft.com/vb/showpost.php?p=1780465&postcount=21)). Other posts include here (http://www.revleft.com/vb/showpost.php?p=1780465&postcount=21) and this thread (http://www.revleft.com/vb/soviet-economy-t121565/index.html?p=1589311#post1589311)