LEADER 03939nam 2200649 450 001 9910816215603321 005 20230725062236.0 010 $a0-300-14242-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300142426 035 $a(CKB)2550000001204957 035 $a(PromptCat)40017925404 035 $a(MH)012362095-3 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001400636 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12484130 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001400636 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11338854 035 $a(PQKB)10299441 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4585613 035 $a(DE-B1597)485142 035 $a(OCoLC)884499480 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300142426 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4585613 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11234728 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001204957 100 $a20160803h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Kirov murder and Soviet history /$fMatthew E. Lenoe ; translations by Matthew E. Lenoe ; documents compiled by Mikhail Prozumenshchikov 210 1$aNew Haven, [Connecticut] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cYale University Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (xxiii, 833 p. )$cill., maps ; 225 1 $aAnnals of Communism Series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-11236-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Maps --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote on Translation, Transliteration, and Dates --$tNote on Soviet Government and Territorial Structures --$tNote on the Documents and Citations --$tList of Acronyms and Abbreviations --$tList of Archives Cited --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. From Kostrikov to Kirov, 1886-1925 --$tChapter 2. Conquering Leningrad, 1925-1929 --$tChapter 3. Kirov in Leningrad, 1930-1934 --$tChapter 4. The Scene of the Crime --$tChapter 5. Leonid Nikolaev --$tChapter 6. Nikolaev Agonistes --$tChapter 7. Stalin Responds --$tChapter 8. Fingering the Zinovievites --$tChapter 9. The Trials of the Moscow and Leningrad "Centers" --$tChapter 10. Investigating the Leningrad NKVD --$tChapter 11. The Kirov Murder and the Great Terror --$tChapter 12. Rumors, Speculation, and the Martyr Cult --$tChapter 13. The Kirov Murder in the West, 1934-1956 --$tChapter 14. The Politics of Rehabilitation and the Kirov Murder, 1953-1957 --$tChapter 15. Shatunovskaya's Investigation and After --$tConclusion --$tAppendix. Biographical Sketches --$tNotes --$tIndex of Documents --$tGeneral Index --$tBooks in the annals of communism series 330 $aDrawing on hundreds of newly available, top-secret KGB and party Central Committee documents, historian Matthew E. Lenoe reexamines the 1934 assassination of Leningrad party chief Sergei Kirov. Joseph Stalin used the killing as the pretext to unleash the Great Terror that decimated the Communist elite in 1937-1938; these previously unavailable documents raise new questions about whether Stalin himself ordered the murder, a subject of speculation since 1938.The book includes translations of 125 documents from the various investigations of the Kirov murder, allowing readers to reach their own conclusions about Stalin's involvement in the assassination. 410 0$aAnnals of Communism. 606 $aPolitical purges$zSoviet Union$xHistory 606 $aPolitical atrocities$zSoviet Union$xHistory 607 $aSoviet Union$xHistory$y1925-1953 615 0$aPolitical purges$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical atrocities$xHistory. 676 $a947.084/2 700 $aLenoe$b Matthew E$g(Matthew Edward),$0877787 702 $aLenoe$b Matthew E. 702 $aProzumenshchikov$b Mikhail 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816215603321 996 $aThe Kirov murder and Soviet history$93986121 997 $aUNINA