Title The Stalin-Kaganovich correspondence, 1931-36 / compiled and edited by R.W. Davies [and others] ; Russian documents translated by Steven Shabad

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 431 pages) : illustrations Series Annals of Communism Annals of Communism. Contents Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Soviet Administrative Structure -- Introduction -- Lazar Kaganovich: The Career of a Stalinist Commissar -- 1931 -- Introduction -- Documents 1â€?23 -- 1932 -- Introduction -- Documents 24â€?59 -- 1933 -- Introduction -- Documents 60â€?85 -- 1934 -- Introduction -- Documents 86â€?111 -- 1935 -- Introduction -- Documents 112â€?125 -- 1936 -- Introduction -- Documents 126â€?177 -- Appendix -- Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations -- Brief Biographies -- Index Summary From 1931 to 1936, Stalin vacationed at his Black Sea residence for two to three months each year. While away from Moscow, he relied on correspondence with his subordinates to receive information, watch over the work of the Politburo and the government, give orders, and express his opinions. This volume publishes translations of 180 handwritten letters and coded telegrams exchanged during this period between Stalin and his most highly trusted deputy, Lazar Kaganovich. The collection of letters - all previously classified top secret - provides an account of the mainsprings of Soviet policy while Stalin was consolidating his position as personal dictator. The correspondence records his positions on major internal and foreign affairs decisions and reveals his opinions about fellow members of the Politburo and other senior figures. Written during the years of agricultural collectivization, forced industrialization, famine, repression, and Soviet rearmament in the face of threats from Germany and Japan, these letters should be a useful historical resource for all students of the Stalin regime and Soviet history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Correspondence Kaganovich, L. M. (Lazarʹ Moiseevich), 1893-1991 -- Correspondence SUBJECT Kaganovich, L. M. (Lazarʹ Moiseevich), 1893-1991 fast Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 fast Subject HISTORY. HISTORY -- General. Politics and government SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936 -- Sources Subject Soviet Union Genre/Form personal correspondence. Personal correspondence Sources Personal correspondence. Correspondance privée. Form Electronic book Author Kaganovich, L. M. (Lazarʹ Moiseevich), 1893-1991. Davies, R. W. (Robert William), 1925-2021 ISBN 9780300128307 0300128304

Other Titles Correspondence. Selections. English

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