Stalin: An Unknown Portrait
Miklós Kun
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Description
This exceptional volume contains exciting new information about Stalin's actual and political "family", the Kremlin Mafia and the clans around him. The author has interviewed key politicians who survived the Stalin era, including officials of the KGB and the Party, as well as people who had personal contact with the dictator as secretaries or interpreters. 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 In addition to the interviews and hitherto unpublished correspondence between Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Mikoyan, Zhdanov and others, the book also contains a fascinating collection of over 300 photos of Stalin, his family members, and various political actors of the period. Extensive notes, a bibliography, and an index of names add to the value of the volume.
Product Details
Price
$111.00
$103.23
Publisher
Central European University Press
Publish Date
May 01, 2003
Pages
396
Dimensions
8.92 X 11.18 X 1.47 inches | 3.62 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9789639241190
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Miklós Kun is Professor of History at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
Reviews
"Conducting serious interviews, the method of oral history, is a difficult task, but the author has mastered the art. Because he possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the Stalinist era, the author has been able to elicit a great many insights from his witnesses and place them in context. By combining his interviews with extensive archival work and a critical reading of existing sources, he has produced a book of historical importance."