| Description |
xv, 471 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-[465]) and index. |
| Contents |
The childhood of Soso -- Why Soso Dzhugashvili dropped out of the seminary -- "Comrade Koba" enters the scene -- The past rewritten -- Why Stalin was called a "mail-coach robber" -- Escape and love -- Everyday life in the underground movement -- Why learn foreign languages? -- Wanted, a theoretician -- The last period in exile -- Kira Alliluyeva -- The Alliluyev grandparents -- Nadezhda Alliluyeva -- Competition for the widowed Stalin -- All the Soviet world is a stage -- Aleksei Tolstoy, the Soviet count -- Expulsion from paradise -- Polina Zhemchuzhina -- Anastas Mikoyan -- Avel Yenukidze -- A correspondence discovered -- The threat of war -- Yakov Dzhugashvili -- "Red Vaska" -- The young general in prison -- Anna Alliliyeva -- Fyodor Alliluyev -- Pavel Alliluyev -- The destruction of the Svanidze family -- False medical reports -- Yevgenia Alliluyeva -- Vladimir prison years -- "He was an evil man, the wretch" -- The twilight of the dictator. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2010. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. |
| Subject |
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953.
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Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936.
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| Other Form: |
Original 9639241199 (DLC)2003000054 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb08640 hdl |
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