Stalin. Zhizn' odnogo vozhdia - Khlevniuk Oleg

The annotations of the debate about how great Stalin's sole role in the mass repressions against his own population, unleashed in the 1930s and dubbed the "Great Terror", have not subsided for many decades. Oleg Khlevnyuk's book will be interesting for those who are trying to find an answer to this and other questions: did the country that jumped from the monarchy to socialism have a different path? Is it accidental that one person had absolute power and was it possible to limit it? What is Stalin's role in defeats and victories in World War II? Unlike the authors who try to whitewash Stalin or are looking for an easy way to the heart of the reader, choosing piquant details, Khlevnyuk creates a large-scale, detailed and authentic portrait of the country and its leader. World-renowned historian Oleg Khlevnyuk "knows even more about Stalin than Stalin himself knew about himself"! The book is based on archival documents of the biography of the Soviet dictator, covering the entire period of Stalin's life! The quote "Exceptionally dense, without emptiness, the narrative is saturated with information, carefully calibrated by documentary sources. This is an objective view of Stalin , the dictator, the leader of the totalitarian system he built. The book gives a clear idea of how dangerous and unstable such a system is." Nikolai Svanidze, historian, journalist Of Stalin's keywords, biography, history, history of the USSR, Khlevnyuk.