Joseph Stalin - A Reference Guide to His Life and Works

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, 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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Maps
Chronology of the Life of Stalin
Introduction
The Dictionary
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index

About the author

By David R. Marples and Alla Hurska

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Alla Hurska, David R Marples, David R Hurska Marples, David R. Marples, David R. Hurska Marples, Marples David R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.2024
• EAN: 9781538197653
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9765-3
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Significant Figures in World History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Russia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / World, Political leaders & leadership, Biography: historical, political and military, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Political leaders and leadership, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era