LEADER 04347nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910815768303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-86170-0 010 $a9786612861703 010 $a0-7735-7173-6 024 7 $a2027/heb05217 035 $a(CKB)1000000000244990 035 $a(dli)HEB05217 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000084425 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11112506 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084425 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185417 035 $a(PQKB)10618201 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400252 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521514 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330696 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132879 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286170 035 $a(OCoLC)929120907 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000005706725 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/p65k14 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400252 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330696 035 $a(DE-B1597)657993 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773571730 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243461 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000244990 100 $a20041104d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe life and times of Andrei Zhdanov, 1896-1948 /$fKees Boterbloem 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 593 p. ) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-2666-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [525]-563) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tArchival Annotation, Foreign Terms, Transcription, and Glossary -- $tPreface -- $tStalin?s Accomplice -- $tYouth, 1896?19181 -- $tRise of a Bolshevik Chieftain, 1918?1924 -- $tThe Proconsul of Nizhnii Novgorod, 1924?1929 -- $tThe Great Turn, 1929?1934 -- $tMoscow and Leningrad, 1934?1936 -- $tPurification, 1937?1939 -- $tDragon?s Teeth, 1939?1941 -- $tDragon Harvest, 1941?1945 -- $tThe Prodigal Son Returns, 1945?1946 -- $tThe Selfless Fighter Succumbs, 1947?1948 -- $tMyths, the Man, and a Legacy in Limbo -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 1934 Andrei Zhdanov was promoted to the post of secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee in Moscow and entered the inner circle of Stalin's partners. Notable for his involvement in implementing the artificial crisis of the Great Terror in Moscow and Leningrad, Zhdanov was later involved in the preparation and signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and acted as Stalin's Party emissary in the Winter War and the sovietization of Estonia. Boterbloem details how Zhdanov's career was put in jeopardy in the summer of 1941 when German troops almost captured Leningrad. Stalin kept Zhdanov at the Leningrad front for much of the Second World War because of his alleged failure to halt the initial German advance, where he presided over the terrible suffering of the besieged city's population. In 1945, Zhdanov's ideological commitment led to his recall to the centre of Soviet power where, more publicly visible than ever before, he berated Soviet artists, scientists, philosophers, composers, and foreign Communist Parties for failing to adhere to the Party line. Never in good health, the stress of being Stalin's main assistant in both the massive bureaucracy of the Communist Party and the attempt to restore ideological orthodoxy, combined with anxiety about his son Iurii, led to his death in 1948. 606 $aPoliticians$zSoviet Union$vBiography 606 $aHommes politiques$zU.R.S.S$vBiographies 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1936-1953 607 $aSoviet Union$xCultural policy 607 $aSoviet Union$xHistory$y1925-1953 607 $aU.R.S.S$xPolitique et gouvernement$y1936-1953 607 $aU.R.S.S$xPolitique culturelle 607 $aU.R.S.S$xHistoire$y1925-1953 615 0$aPoliticians 615 6$aHommes politiques 676 $a947.084/2/092 676 $aB 700 $aBoterbloem$b Kees$f1962-$0927806 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815768303321 996 $aThe life and times of Andrei Zhdanov, 1896-1948$92224538 997 $aUNINA