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| Other authors / contributors: | Kaganovich, L. M. (Lazarʹ Moiseevich), 1893-1991.
Davies, R. W. (Robert William), 1925-
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| ISBN: | 9780300128307
0300128304
1281722030
9781281722034
0300093675
9780300093674
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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 volume publishes translations of 180 handwritten letters and coded telegrams exchanged during this period between Stalin and his most highly trusted deputy, Lazar Kaganovich. The collection of letters - all previously classified top secret - provides an 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 should be a useful historical resource for all students of the Stalin regime and Soviet history.
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| Other form: | Print version: Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953. Correspondence. English. Selections. Stalin-Kaganovich correspondence, 1931-36. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003 0300093675 9780300093674
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