Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xiv, 331 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-319) and index. |
Contents |
A December tragedy -- The boy from Urzhum -- The triumph of Bolshevism -- Building Soviet power -- Leader of Leningrad -- Kirov and stalin's revolution -- Kirov's end -- Into the whirlwind -- Stalin consolidates power, 1935-38 -- The Kirov legacy. |
Summary |
In 1934, Sergei Kirov, former Leningrad Party chief, Politburo member, and prize orator of the Stalin regime was murdered. He was supposedly killed by a lone gunman. His murder sparked the purges characterizing the Stalin regime. This book details the speculation of who committed the murder, why, and what were the consequences to the future of Russia as a totalitarian police state. |
Subject |
Kirov, Serge Mironovich, 1886-1934.
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Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936.
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Kirov, Serge Mironovich, 1886-1934. (OCoLC)fst00181808
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Revolutionaries. (OCoLC)fst01096578
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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Chronological Term |
1917 - 1936
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Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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ISBN |
0809064049 (alk. paper) |
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9780809064045 (alk. paper) |
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