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Based on documents and photographs from recently opened Russian archives and from Western collections, a surprising new portrait of the last Russian tsar and his family during the Bolshevik revolution challenges long-held views of the Romanovs. UP.

Collects the writings of a diverse group of people who survived imprisonment in the Gulag, recounting their experiences and relationships, and offering insight into the psychological aspects of life in the camps.

Including letters from individuals to newspapers, institutions or leaders, this collection gives voice to the experiences, thoughts and feelings of ordinary Russian people - workers, peasants, soldiers - as expressed in their own words during the vast upheavals of 1917. schovat popis

Assembles some of the top secret Soviet documents, from the era of Stalin's purges. This title includes the dossiers, police reports, private letters, secret transcripts, and other documents that expose the hidden inner workings of the Communist Party and the dark inhumanity of the purge process.

Lenin - the man, the revolutionary, and the world leader - has remained an enigma, part myth arising from the tumult of the Russian Revolution and part image carefully controlled for nearly seventy years by the leaders of the Soviet Union and their sympathizers abroad. The Unknown Lenin, containing long concealed documents from the Soviet archives, helps correct the myth and revise the image. Lenin emerges here as a ruthless, manipulative leader who used terror, subversion, and persecution to achieve his goals.

Georgi Dimitrov (1882–1949) war ein hochrangiger bulgarischer und sowjetischer Funktionär, einer der prominentesten Führer der internationalen kommunistischen Bewegung und ein vertrauter Mitglied von Stalins innerem Kreis. Er wurde von den Nazis beschuldigt, den Reichstagsbrand von 1933 gelegt zu haben, verteidigte sich jedoch erfolgreich beim Leipziger Prozess und wurde damit zu einem internationalen Symbol des Widerstands gegen den Nationalsozialismus. Stalin ernannte ihn 1935 zum Leiter der Kommunistischen Internationale (Komintern), und er hielt diese Position bis zur Auflösung der Komintern im Jahr 1943. Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs kehrte Dimitrov nach Bulgarien zurück und wurde dessen erster kommunistischer Ministerpräsident. In den Jahren zwischen 1933 und seinem Tod 1949 führte Dimitrov ein Tagebuch, das seine tumultuöse Karriere beschrieb und viel über die inneren Abläufe der internationalen kommunistischen Organisationen, die Meinungen und Handlungen der sowjetischen Führung sowie die Rolle der Sowjetunion bei der Gestaltung des nachkriegszeitlichen Osteuropas offenbarte. Dieses wichtige Dokument, herausgegeben und eingeführt von dem renommierten Historiker Ivo Banac, ist eine wesentliche Informationsquelle über den internationalen Kommunismus, Stalin und die sowjetische Politik sowie die Ursprünge des Kalten Krieges.

The Secret World of American Communism (1995) sparked global interest with its revelations about Communist party covert operations in the U.S. Now, the American authors, alongside Soviet archivist Kyrill M. Anderson, present a second volume of significant social, political, and historical relevance. Utilizing newly accessible documents from Russian archives, this work conclusively reveals the deep and ongoing connections between the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) and Moscow. The authors meticulously investigate personal, organizational, and financial ties, demonstrating that Moscow exerted extensive control over the CPUSA, including its grassroots members. The prevailing notion that the CPUSA was primarily an idealistic organization dedicated to social justice must be fundamentally reassessed. While some members may have been unaware of Soviet influence, the leadership was certainly cognizant. The authors provide detailed explanations and annotations for ninety-five documents, many presented in full, along with numerous quotes from other sources that illuminate the inner workings of the American Communist party. Key findings include: the USSR covertly funded a significant portion of the CPUSA budget from the early 1920s until the late 1980s; Moscow issued directives that the CPUSA followed regarding political decisions and leadership appointments; and the CPUSA supported Stalin’s purges and the persecu

By interweaving narrative and documents, the authors of this book present a picture of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), one of the most controversial organizations in American public life. Heated debates about whether the Communist Party harboured spies or engaged in espionage have surrounded the party from its inception. This book provides proof that the CPUSA was involved in various subversive activities. At the same time, it discloses details about the workings of the party and about the ordinary Americans and CPUSA leaders who participated in its clandestine activities.