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Stalin S Scribe
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Author : Brian Boeck
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2019-02-05
Stalin S Scribe written by Brian Boeck and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A masterful and definitive biography of one of the most misunderstood and controversial writers in Russian literature. Mikhail Sholokhov is arguably one of the most contentious recipients of the Nobel Prize in literature in history. As a young man, Sholokhov’s epic novel, Quiet Don, became an unprecedented overnight success. Stalin’s Scribe is the first biography of a man who was once one of the Soviet Union’s most prominent political figures. Thanks to the opening of Russia’s archives, Brian Boeck discovers that Sholokhov’s official Soviet biography is actually a tangled web of legends, half-truths, and contradictions. Boeck examines the complex connection between an author and a dictator, revealing how a Stalinist courtier became an ideological acrobat and consummate politician in order to stay in favor and remain relevant after the dictator’s death. Stalin's Scribe is remarkable biography that both reinforces and clashes with our understanding of the Soviet system. It reveals a Sholokhov who is bold, uncompromising, and sympathetic—and reconciles him with the vindictive and mean-spirited man described in so many accounts of late Soviet history. Shockingly, at the height of the terror, which claimed over a million lives, Sholokhov became a member of the most minuscule subset of the Soviet Union’s population—the handful of individuals whom Stalin personally intervened to save.
Inside The Stalin Archives
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Author : Jonathan Brent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-06-01
Inside The Stalin Archives written by Jonathan Brent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-01 with categories.
'In a strongly-written, fascinating and original book, Jonathan Brent interweaves portraits of Russians in their daily lives with an astute analysis of Joseph Stalin's legacy.'-Philip RothTo most Westerners, Russia remains as enigmatic today as it was during the Iron Curtain era. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country had an opportunity to confront its tortured past. In Inside the Stalin Archives, Jonathan Brent asks why this didn't happen. Why are the anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion sold openly in the lobby of the State Duma? Why are archivists under surveillance and phones still tapped? Why does Stalin, a man responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people, remain popular enough to appear on boxes of chocolate sold in the Moscow airport?Brent draws on fifteen years of access to high-level Soviet archives to answer these questions. He shows us a Russia where, in 1992, used toothbrushes were sold on the sidewalks, while now shops are filled with luxury goods and the streets are jammed with BMWs. Stalin's spectre hovers throughout, and in the book's crescendo Brent takes us deep into the dictator's personal papers, an unnerving prophecy of the world to come.Both cultural history and personal memoir, Inside the Stalin Archives is a deeply felt and vivid portrait of Russia in the twenty-first century.'A fascinating, subtle, and finely written quest into the Russia of today and through the dark labyrinth of history. Brent unveils not only the secrets of his journeys into Soviet archives, but also a unique yet personal portrait of an enigmatic country and a blood-soaked century.'-Simon Sebag Montefiore
Man Of Steel Joseph Stalin
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Author : Jules Archer
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-02-07
Man Of Steel Joseph Stalin written by Jules Archer and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Early in life, Joseph Stalin became convinced of the inevitability of social revolution. And in it, he was determined to play a prominent role. He carefully masked his great personal ambition during his long climb to power and devoted all this energies to furthering the cause of Lenin and Bolshevism. Only after Lenin’s death, with the Bolshevik takeover of Russia accomplished, did Stalin’s comrades in leadership find themselves forced to bow to Stalin’s will—or be eliminated. His rise to power was bloody and ruthless, yet under his twenty-nine-year leadership, Russia became a mighty industrial nation. Illiteracy was banished, interest in the arts began to flourish, and Russia moved toward amazing scientific triumphs. Man of Steel is the story of Joseph Stalin, the man who rose to become absolute master of Soviet Russia and who cast his shadow over the entire globe.
Stalin
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Author : Marty Bloomberg
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Stalin written by Marty Bloomberg and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Reference categories.
A comprehensive, annotated survey of English-language literature on Stalin.
Stalin
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Author : Christopher Read
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-08
Stalin written by Christopher Read and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This new biography of Stalin offers an accessible and up-to-date representation of one of the twentieth-century’s defining figures, as well as new insights, analysis and illumination to deepen our understanding of his actions, intentions and the nature of the power that he wielded. Christopher Read examines Stalin’s contribution to and impact on Russian and world events in the first half of the twentieth century. The biography brings together the avalanche of sources and scholarship which followed the collapse of the system Stalin constructed, including the often neglected writings and speeches of Stalin himself. In addition to a detailed narrative and analysis of Stalin’s rule, chapters also cover his early years and humble beginnings in a small town at a remote outpost of the Russian Empire, his role in the revolution, his relationships with Lenin, Trotsky and others in the 1920s, and his rise to become one of the most powerful figures in human history. The book closes with an account of Stalin’s afterlife and legacy, both in the immediate aftermath of his death and in the decades since. This concise account of Stalin’s life is the perfect introduction for students of modern Russian history.
Stalin S Letters To Molotov
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Author : Josef Stalin
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1995-01-01
Stalin S Letters To Molotov written by Josef Stalin and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Between 1925 and 1936, Josef Stalin wrote frequently to his trusted friend and political colleague Viacheslav Molotov. The more than 85 letters collected in this volume constitute a unique historical record of Stalin's thinking--both personal and political--and throw valuable light on the way he controlled the government, plotted the overthrow of his enemies, and imagined the future. Illustrations.
The Secret File Of Joseph Stalin
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Author : Roman Brackman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-11-23
The Secret File Of Joseph Stalin written by Roman Brackman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-23 with History categories.
This account of Stalin's life begins with his early years, the family breakup caused by the suspicion that the boy was the result of an adulterous affair, the abuse by his father and the growth of the traumatized boy into criminal, spy, and finally one of the 20th century's political monsters.
Stalin S Library
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Author : Geoffrey Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2022-02-08
Stalin S Library written by Geoffrey Roberts and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-08 with History categories.
A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library In this engaging life of the twentieth century’s most self-consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they taught him. Stalin firmly believed in the transformative potential of words and his voracious appetite for reading guided him throughout his years. A biography as well as an intellectual portrait, this book explores all aspects of Stalin’s tumultuous life and politics. Stalin, an avid reader from an early age, amassed a surprisingly diverse personal collection of thousands of books, many of which he marked and annotated revealing his intimate thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Based on his wide-ranging research in Russian archives, Roberts tells the story of the creation, fragmentation, and resurrection of Stalin’s personal library. As a true believer in communist ideology, Stalin was a fanatical idealist who hated his enemies—the bourgeoisie, kulaks, capitalists, imperialists, reactionaries, counter-revolutionaries, traitors—but detested their ideas even more.
Stalin
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Author : Mikl¢s Kun
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Stalin written by Mikl¢s Kun and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with History categories.
This exceptional volume of oral history contains exciting new information about Stalin's actual and political 'family', the political Mafia and the clans around him. The author has interviewed key politicians who survived the Stalin era. Kun's special expertise and his access to archival sources in Russia have resulted in a work revealing jealously guarded secrets. In addition to the interviews and hitherto unpublished correspondence between Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Mikoyan, Zhdanov and others, the book also contains a fascinating selection from a private collection of photos of Stalin, his family members, and various political actors of the period.
Stalin
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Author : Robert Service
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2005
Stalin written by Robert Service and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure. Drawing on unexplored archives and personal testimonies gathered from across Russia and Georgia, this is the first full-scale biography of the Soviet dictator in twenty years.