Stalin s loyal executioner

Informationen zum Autor Marc Jansen teaches at Amsterdam University's Institute of Russian and East European Studies and has written numerous books and articles on Russian and Soviet history. Nikita Vasil'evich Petrov, author of several books and numerous articles and an expert in Soviet terror history, is vice-chairman of Moscow's Memorial Scientific Research Center. Klappentext For the first time, still-classified Soviet archives reveal the scope of communist terrorism under Joseph Stalin. This fact-filled chronicle of NKVD leader Nikolai Ezhov provides a compelling look into the workings of totalitarianism. Using Ezhov's own papers meticulously documenting his loyalty to Stalin, Ezhov's "official" biography written at the height of his status, and records of the KGB investigation leading to his fall, the authors reveal the full tragedy encompassed in Ezhov's bloody career. Zusammenfassung Drawn from still-classified Soviet archives! Stalin's Loyal Executioner chronicles the meteoric and bloody career of Nikolai Ezhov! NKVD leader and security chief! revealing the tragic scope of communist terrorism under Joseph Stalin.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Jansen, N. V. Petrov, Nikita Petrov
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2002
• EAN: 9780817929022
• ISBN: 978-0-8179-2902-2
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Hoover Inst Press Publication; Hoover Inst Press Publication
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Russland, Europäische Geschichte, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union