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The Lost Politburo Transcripts: From Collective Rule to Stalin's Dictatorship (The Yale-Hoover Series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War)

By Paul R. Gregory , Norman Naimark

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
030013424X, 9780300134247, 9780300152227
LCC
JN6598.K7 L598 2008
Open Library ID
OL16899675M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
844 kB (864254 bytes)
Pages
280\280
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

In this groundbreaking book, prominent Western and Russian scholars examine the “lost” transcripts of the Soviet Politburo, a set of verbatim accounts of meetings that took place from the 1920s to 1938 but remained hidden in secret archives until the late 1990s. Never intended for publication or wide distribution, these records (known as stenograms in Russia) reveal the actual process of decision making at the highest levels of the Soviet communist party. The transcripts also provide new, first-hand records of the rise of Stalin’s dictatorship. The contributors to the volume explore the power struggles among the Politburo members, their methods of discourse and propaganda, and their economic policies. Taken as a whole, the essays shed light on early Soviet history and on the individuals who supported or opposed Stalin’s consolidation of power.

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