Stalin and the Kirov Murder
Robert Conquest
On
December 1, 1934, a lone gunman shot and killed Sergei Kirov, Secretary
of the Central and Leningrad Party Organization, member of the Moscow
Politburo, and once considered Joseph Stalin's possible successor. As
one of the most significant crimes of the century, the assassination not
only sealed the fates of thousands--and, indirectly, millions--of
people spuriously connected to the killer, but it eliminated the second
most powerful man in Russian politics and gave Stalin free rein to
dominate Soviet policy.
Written by the highly acclaimed author of The Harvest of Sorrow, Stalin and the Kirov Murder
presents the first book-length examination of the case. Robert Conquest
chronicles the details of the Kirov affair and all of its astonishing
consequences. He tells us that now, fifty-five years after Kirov's
murder, glasnost has prompted a new examination of this
singular crime--one that will perhaps reveal the truth about the case
for the first time. Based on all the available evidence, including
official documents as well as the reports of numerous Russian defectors,
Conquest has written a fascinating, at times chilling, account of the
murder and its aftermath. He firmly establishes that Stalin not only
sanctioned Kirov's assassination, but used it as a justification for the
terror that culminated in 1937 and '38.
December 1, 1934, a lone gunman shot and killed Sergei Kirov, Secretary
of the Central and Leningrad Party Organization, member of the Moscow
Politburo, and once considered Joseph Stalin's possible successor. As
one of the most significant crimes of the century, the assassination not
only sealed the fates of thousands--and, indirectly, millions--of
people spuriously connected to the killer, but it eliminated the second
most powerful man in Russian politics and gave Stalin free rein to
dominate Soviet policy.
Written by the highly acclaimed author of The Harvest of Sorrow, Stalin and the Kirov Murder
presents the first book-length examination of the case. Robert Conquest
chronicles the details of the Kirov affair and all of its astonishing
consequences. He tells us that now, fifty-five years after Kirov's
murder, glasnost has prompted a new examination of this
singular crime--one that will perhaps reveal the truth about the case
for the first time. Based on all the available evidence, including
official documents as well as the reports of numerous Russian defectors,
Conquest has written a fascinating, at times chilling, account of the
murder and its aftermath. He firmly establishes that Stalin not only
sanctioned Kirov's assassination, but used it as a justification for the
terror that culminated in 1937 and '38.
年:
1988
言語:
english
ページ:
164
ISBN 10:
0195063376
ISBN 13:
9780195063370
ファイル:
PDF, 10.01 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1988
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