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PublisherDee Publisher, Ivan R.

ISBN-101566630274

ISBN-139781566630276

eBay Product ID (ePID)1024278

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Book TitleMolotov Remembers : inside Kremlin Politics

Number of Pages463 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, General, Historical

Publication Year1993

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorV. M. Molotov

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN93-011253

Reviews"Eerily fascinating...Probably the best, most accurate and useful to histor insider account we will ever have. One does not so much read this book as engage in a one-on-one conversation with a major figure in a gigantic criminal organization." --Woodford McClellan, University Of Virginia "Offers real insight into top level Stalinist politics..." -- The New York Times "An important book, the same way Mein Kampf or Mao's Red Book are important...grippingly vivid." --Arnold Beichman, The Washington Times "Of the spate of memoirs published, the most valuable may be Molotov's...should be published in every language." --David Remnick, author of Lenin's Tomb, Of the spate of memoirs published, the most valuable may be Molotov's...should be published in every language., Eerily fascinating...Probably the best, most accurate and useful to histor insider account we will ever have. One does not so much read this book as engage in a one-on-one conversation with a major figure in a gigantic criminal organization.

SynopsisIn conversations with the poet-biographer Felix Chuev, Molotov offers an incomparable view of the politics of Soviet society and the nature of Kremlin leadership under communism. Filled with startling insights and indelible portraits, the book is an historical source of the first order. A mesmerizing and chilling chronicle. --Kirkus Reviews, In conversations with the poet-biographer Felix Chuev, Molotov offers an incomparable view of the politics of Soviet society and the nature of Kremlin leadership under communism., During the seventy years of Soviet communism, after Lenin and Stalin no person occupied a higher position over a longer period of time than V. M. Molotov. Lenin and Stalin left no memoirs; now we have Molotov Remembers . These memoirs, in the form of conversations with the poet-biographer Felix Chuev over seventeen years before Molotov's death in 1986, offer an incomparable view of the politics of Soviet society and the nature of Kremlin leadership under communism. Beginning with his early revolutionary activities, Molotov recounts his comradeship with Lenin, the Bolshevik seizure of power, and the perilous years of Soviet rule. First at Lenin's then at Stalin's right hand, premier and then foreign minister, he offers startling insights into the New Economic Policy; the collectivization of peasant farms and the liquidation of the kulaks; the repression of "counterrevolutionaries" in the late 1930s; the making of the Nazi-Soviet pact; World War II diplomacy with the Allies; the Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe; and the rise and fall of Khrushchev. His portraits of an indomitable Lenin; a crafty, brutal, and ultimately paranoiac Stalin; and a host of other Soviet leaders are indelibly drawn from firsthand experience. Molotov Remembers is not only a major publishing event but a historical source of the highest order, throwing fight on the politics and psychology of the most influential episode of the twentieth century.

LC Classification NumberDK266.C47513 1993