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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461233303321

Autore

Rees E. A.

Titolo

Iron Lazar : a political biography of Lazar Kaganovich / / E.A. Rees [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-78308-088-4

1-280-49111-6

9786613586346

1-84331-360-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 373 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

Disciplina

947.084092

B

Soggetti

Cabinet officers - Soviet Union

Politicians - Soviet Union

Communist leadership - Soviet Union

Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The making of a Bolshevik, 1893-1917 -- Red terror and Civil War, 1918-1921 -- Building the monolithic party, 1922-1927 -- Ukrainian party boss, 1925-1928 -- The triumph of the Stalin fraction, 1928-1929 -- Revolution from above, 1928-1935 -- Stalin's deputy, 1930-1935 -- Moscow party boss, 1930-1935 -- Boss of rail transport, 1935-1937 -- Political and social revolution through terror, 1936-1938 -- The man -- The despot's creature, 1939-1953 -- Destalinization and nemesis, 1953-1991.

Sommario/riassunto

The first English-language biography of Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalin’s leading deputies, ‘Iron Lazar’ provides an insight into the political and personal relations of the Stalin group, and examines Kaganovich’s role in shaping policy during the Stalinist regime.