Joseph Stalin
A Reference Guide to His Life and Works
Zusammenfassung
The figure of Stalin continues to intrigue, fascinate, and repel historians into the 21st century, while in the Russian Federation, he has returned to the status of a figure to be respected, principally as the leader who led his country through industrialization and militarization, enabling it to defeat Nazi Germany in the Second World War, thereby saving Europe and much of the world from the "brown plague" of Fascism. He presided over some of the most cataclysmic events of the 20th century, of some of which he was the architect: collectivization of agriculture, famine, the Purges, and the Second World War.
Joseph Stalin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works captures his life, and legacy. It features a chronology, an introduction offers a brief account of his life, a dictionary section lists entries on Stalin's associates from the period of the Russian Empire in the late 19th century to the leader's death in 1953, and beyond, highlighting their careers and the main events.
Schlagworte
Russia Ukraine communism Belarus Cold War Stalinism Purges Revolutions Russian Empire WWIIKeywords
collectivization Soviet Union- i–xxiv Preface i–xxiv
- 1–10 Introduction 1–10
- 11–274 The Dictionary 11–274
- 275–280 Bibliography 275–280
- 281–288 Index 281–288
- 289–290 About the Authors 289–290