The unknown Stalin : his life, death and legacy / Roy Medvedev and Zhores Medvedev ; translated by Ellen Dahrendorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Medvedev, Roy Aleksandrovich, 1925-

Contributor:

Medvedev, Zhores A., 1925-2018.

Standardized Title:

Neizvestnyĭ Stalin. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.

Stalin, Joseph.

Heads of state--Soviet Union--Biography.

Heads of state.

Soviet Union.

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

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

335 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2004.

Contents:

1. Riddles Surrounding Stalin's Death / Zhores Medvedev 11

2. Stalin's Secret Heir / Zhores Medvedev 43

3. Stalin's Personal Archive: Hidden or Destroyed? Facts and Theories / Zhores Medvedev, Roy Medvedev 65

4. The Twentieth Party Congress: Before and After / Roy Medvedev 102

Part II. Stalin and Nuclear Weapons

5. Stalin and the Atomic Bomb / Zhores Medvedev 121

6. Stalin and the Hydrogen Bomb / Zhores Medvedev 142

7. Stalin and the Atomic Gulag / Zhores Medvedev 160

Part III. Stalin and Science

8. Generalissimo Stalin, General Clausewitz and Colonel Razin / Roy Medvedev 183

9. Stalin and Lysenko / Zhores Medvedev 190

10. Stalin and Linguistics: An Episode from the History of Soviet Science / Roy Medvedev 209

Part IV. Stalin and the War

11. Stalin and the Blitzkrieg / Zhores Medvedev, Roy Medvedev 221

12. Stalin and Apanasenko: The Far Eastern Front in the Second World War / Roy Medvedev 246

Part V. The Unknown Stalin

13. Stalin as a Russian Nationalist / Zhores Medvedev 261

14. The Murder of Bukharin / Roy Medvedev 277

15. Stalin's Mother / Roy Medvedev 310.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [318]-326) and index.

ISBN:

1585675024

OCLC:

53469511