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Lenin's brain and other tales from the secret Soviet archives / by Paul R. Gregory.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gregory, Paul R.
- Series:
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; 555.
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 555
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political persecution--Soviet Union--History.
- Political persecution.
- Soviet Union--History--Anecdotes.
- Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An enlightening look into the once-secret Soviet state and party archives that Western scholars first gained access to in the early 1990s. Paul Gregory breaks down a decades-old wall of secrecy to reveal intriguing new information on such subjects as Stalin's Great Terror, the day-to-day life of Gulag guards, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the scientific study of Lenin's brain, and other fascinating tales.
- Contents:
- "Scurrilous provocation": the Katyn massacre
- The four faces of Stalin
- Lenin's brain
- Marginals and former people
- The great terror: directive 00447
- A tale of two sons: Yakov and Vasilii Dzhugashvili (Stalin)
- Relatives and falsifying death certificates
- The ship of philosophers
- Who is the prisoner here?
- Reasoning with Stalin on zero tolerance
- Bolshevik discourse: before and after
- Invading Afghanistan
- "Arbeit macht frei" Soviet style
- Vladimir Moroz: Stalin's orphans.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817948115
- 0817948112
- 9780817948139
- 0817948139
- 9780817948184
- 081794818X
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