Stalin: An Unknown Portrait
Miklos Kun, Eotvaos Lorand University Budapest, Miklos Bodoczky (Translator), Rachel HidegBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
"This volume contains new information about Stalin's actual and political "family", the Kremlin Mafia and the clans around him. The author has interviewed key politicians who survived the Stalin era, including officials of the KGB and the Party, as well as people who had personal contact with the dictator as secretaries or interpreters. Kun's special expertise and his access to archival sources in Russia have resulted in a work revealing jealously guarded secrets." In addition to the interviews and hitherto unpublished correspondence between Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Mikoyan, Zhdanov and others, the book also contains a fascinating collection of over 300 photos of Stalin, his family members, and various political actors of the period. Extensive notes, a bibliography, and an index of names add to the value of the volume.Synopsis
Kun (Eastern European politics, Gáspár Károli Protestant U., Hungary) presents a biography of Joseph Stalin that concentrates on what the "hidden secrets" of his early years and his private life reveal about the communist leader and his rule. The years before his ascent to the heights of the Kremlin are characterized as a prolonged youth and the years after are viewed through the lens of the machinations of power among his allies and enemies within the Kremlin. Also included are numerous photographs depicting the figures discussed. Originally published in Hungarian as Az ismeretlen Sztálin. Distributed by Books International. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR