The "red files" revealed. Examining the period from the early 1930s through Stalin's death in 1953—the height of the Stalinist regime—this enlightening book

The "red files" revealed. Examining the period from the early 1930s through Stalin's death in 1953--the height of the Stalinist regime--this enlightening book r

This book uses the formerly secret Soviet state and Communist Party archives to describe the creation and operations of the Soviet administrative command system

Until now, there has been little scholarly analysis of the Soviet Gulag as an economic, social, and political institution, primarily owing to a lack of data. Th

The figure of Joseph Stalin has always provoked heated and often polarized debate. The recent declassification of a substantial portion of Stalin's archive has