Inside Stalin's Kremlin : an eyewitness account of brutality, duplicity, and intrigue / Peter S. Deriabin, with Joseph Culver Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deriabin, Peter, 1921-1992.

Contributor:

Evans, Joseph Culver.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deriabin, Peter, 1921-1992.

Deriabin, Peter.

Defectors--Soviet Union--Biography.

Defectors.

Soviet Union.

Communists--Soviet Union--Biography.

Communists.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.

Politics and government.

Soviet Union. Ministerstvo gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.] : Brassey's, [1998]

Summary:

The least known period of Soviet history is at last revealed, by the first major post-Stalin defector. From his experiences at the heart of the USSR's two main centers of power, the State Security apparatus and the Communist Party, Peter Deriabin pieces together the story of an epic power struggle of enormous consequence for the entire world. As a ranking member of this Soviet elite, Deriabin was privy to Kremlin orders and correspondence seen by only a few. Deriabin reveals such secrets as how Stalin was almost removed as Soviet leader when it was discovered he had murdered his wife and the fact that Stalin had eavesdropping equipment installed in Mao Zedong's private quarters and offices. Deriabin's own escape from this nightmare world brings to an exciting conclusion his chilling account of palace intrigue and the brutality of absolute power.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index.

ISBN:

1574881744

OCLC:

38739023