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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777779403321

Autore

Stalin Joseph <1879-1953.>

Titolo

The Stalin-Kaganovich correspondence, 1931-36 [[electronic resource] /] / compiled and edited by R.W. Davies ... [et al.] ; Russian documents translated by Steven Shabad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-281-72203-0

9786611722036

0-300-12830-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (476 p.)

Collana

Annals of Communism

Altri autori (Persone)

KaganovichL. M <1893-1991.> (Lazarʹ Moiseevich)

DaviesR. W <1925-2021.> (Robert William)

Disciplina

947.084/2

Soggetti

HISTORY / General

Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Soviet Administrative Structure -- Introduction -- Lazar Kaganovich: The Career of a Stalinist Commissar -- 1931 -- 1932 -- 1933 -- 1934 -- 1935 -- 1936 -- Appendix -- Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations -- Brief Biographies -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

From 1931 to 1936, Stalin vacationed at his Black Sea residence for two to three months each year. While away from Moscow, he relied on correspondence with his subordinates to receive information, watch over the work of the Politburo and the government, give orders, and express his opinions. This book publishes for the first time translations of 177 handwritten letters and coded telegrams exchanged during this period between Stalin and his most highly trusted deputy, Lazar Kaganovich. The unique and revealing collection of letters-all previously classified top secret-provides a dramatic account of the mainsprings of Soviet policy while Stalin was consolidating his position as personal dictator. The correspondence records his positions on major internal and foreign affairs decisions and reveals his opinions about fellow members of the Politburo and other senior figures. Written



during the years of agricultural collectivization, forced industrialization, famine, repression, and Soviet rearmament in the face of threats from Germany and Japan, these letters constitute an unsurpassed historical resource for all students of the Stalin regime and Soviet history.