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Author Khlevni︠u︡k, O. V. (Oleg Vitalʹevich)

Title Master of the house : Stalin and his inner circle / Oleg V. Khlevniuk ; translated by Nora Seligman Favorov
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 313 pages)
Series The Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War
Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War.
Contents The Stalinization of the Politburo, 1928-1930 -- Power in crisis, 1931-1933 -- A facade of liberalization, 1934 -- Terror and conciliation, 1935-1936 -- Stalin and the great terror, 1937-1938 -- On the eve of war : the new structure of Stalin's government -- Conclusion : master of the house
Summary Based on meticulous research in previously unavailable documents in the Soviet archives, this compelling book illuminates the secret inner mechanisms of power in the Soviet Union during the years when Stalin established his notorious dictatorship
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-302) and index
Notes Translated from the Russian
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Subject Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
SUBJECT Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 fast
Subject HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Politics and government
Regeringsleiders.
Politburo.
Russia & Former Soviet Republics.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125845
Subject Soviet Union
Sovjet-Unie.
Form Electronic book
Author Favorov, Nora Seligman
LC no. 2008017715
ISBN 9780300161281
030016128X
1282437577
9781282437579
9786612437571
661243757X