Yezhov The Rise of Stalin's Iron Fist

Name: Yezhov The Rise of Stalin's Iron Fist
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ISBN: 9780300092059

ISBN-10: 0300092059

ISBN-13: 9780300092059

Edition: 2008

Authors: J. Arch Getty, Oleg V. Naumov, Nadezhda V. Muraveva

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Head of the secret police from 1937 to 1938, N. I. Yezhov was a foremost Soviet leader during these years, second in power only to Stalin himself. Under Yezhov’s orders, millions of arrests, imprisonments, deportations, and executions were carried out. This book, based upon unprecedented access to Communist Party archives and Yezhov’s personal archives, looks into the life and career of the enigmatic man who administered Stalin’s Great Terror. nbsp; J. Arch Getty and Oleg V. Naumov seek to answer a series of troubling questions. What kind of person calmly and efficiently sends thousands of innocent people to their deaths? What could prepare a man for such a role? How could a person whom…

Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 6/17/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.45" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Soviet Organizational Acronyms and Abbreviations


Notes on Terminology


A Note on Sources


Introduction: Constructing the Commissar



Epilogue as Prologue: The Commissar at Work



The Making of a Bolshevik



In the Provinces



The Party Personnel System



Sorting Out the Comrades



Yezhov on the Job: "Cadres Decide Everything"



Yezhov and the Kirov Assassination



Enemies Large and Small



Angling for the Job


Conclusion


Notes


Index