Based on meticulous research in previously unavailable documents in
the Soviet archives, this compelling book illuminates the secret
inner mechanisms of power in the Soviet Union during the years when
Stalin established his notorious dictatorship. Oleg V. Khlevniuk
focuses on the top organ in Soviet Russia's political hierarchy of
the 1930s--the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party--and on the political and interpersonal dynamics
that weakened its collective leadership and enabled Stalin's rise.
Khlevniuk's unparalleled research challenges existing theories of
the workings of the Politburo and uncovers many new findings
regarding the nature of alliances among Politburo members, Sergei
Kirov's murder, the implementation of the Great Terror, and much
more. The author analyzes Stalin's mechanisms of generating and
retaining power and presents a new understanding, unmatched in
texture and depth, of the highest tiers of the Communist Party in a
crucial era of Soviet history.
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