The Kirov murder and Soviet history / Matthew E. Lenoe ; translations by Matthew E. Lenoe ; documents compiled by Mikhail Prozumenshchikov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lenoe, Matthew E. (Matthew Edward), author.

Contributor:

Lenoe, Matthew E., translator.

Prozumenshchikov, Mikhail, compiler.

Series:

Annals of Communism.

Annals of Communism Series

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Kirov, Sergeĭ Mironovich,d1886-1934--Assassination.

Kirov, Sergeĭ Mironovich,d1886-1934.

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.

Stalin, Joseph.

Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za--Purges.

Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za.

Political purges--Soviet Union--History.

Political purges.

Political atrocities--Soviet Union--History.

Political atrocities.

Soviet Union--History--1925-1953.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 833 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Dates

Note on Soviet Government and Territorial Structures

Note on the Documents and Citations

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

List of Archives Cited

Introduction

Chapter 1. From Kostrikov to Kirov, 1886-1925

Chapter 2. Conquering Leningrad, 1925-1929

Chapter 3. Kirov in Leningrad, 1930-1934

Chapter 4. The Scene of the Crime

Chapter 5. Leonid Nikolaev

Chapter 6. Nikolaev Agonistes

Chapter 7. Stalin Responds

Chapter 8. Fingering the Zinovievites

Chapter 9. The Trials of the Moscow and Leningrad "Centers"

Chapter 10. Investigating the Leningrad NKVD

Chapter 11. The Kirov Murder and the Great Terror

Chapter 12. Rumors, Speculation, and the Martyr Cult

Chapter 13. The Kirov Murder in the West, 1934-1956

Chapter 14. The Politics of Rehabilitation and the Kirov Murder, 1953-1957

Chapter 15. Shatunovskaya's Investigation and After

Conclusion

Appendix. Biographical Sketches

Notes

Index of Documents

General Index

Books in the annals of communism series

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780300142426

0300142420

OCLC:

884499480