Stalin. The life of one leader
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The debate about the extent of Stalin's sole role in the mass repressions against his own population, unleashed in the 1930s and called the "Great Terror", has not subsided for many decades. Oleg Khlevniuk's book will be of interest to those who are trying to find an answer to this and other questions: whether the country,
jumped from monarchy to socialism, a different way? Was it by chance that absolute power went to one man and could it have been limited? What was Stalin's role in the defeats and victories of the Great Patriotic War? Unlike authors who try to whitewash Stalin or seek an easy way to the reader's heart by choosing savory details, Khlevniuk creates a large-scale, detailed and reliable portrait of the country and its leader. A world-renowned scholar, the author relies only on verified sources and proves that facts are more fascinating and eloquent than any fiction. Oleg Khlevniuk - Doctor of Historical Sciences, leading researcher at the International Center for History and Sociology of World War II and its Aftermath of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, chief specialist of the State Archive of the Russian Federation.
jumped from monarchy to socialism, a different way? Was it by chance that absolute power went to one man and could it have been limited? What was Stalin's role in the defeats and victories of the Great Patriotic War? Unlike authors who try to whitewash Stalin or seek an easy way to the reader's heart by choosing savory details, Khlevniuk creates a large-scale, detailed and reliable portrait of the country and its leader. A world-renowned scholar, the author relies only on verified sources and proves that facts are more fascinating and eloquent than any fiction. Oleg Khlevniuk - Doctor of Historical Sciences, leading researcher at the International Center for History and Sociology of World War II and its Aftermath of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, chief specialist of the State Archive of the Russian Federation.
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