Description: Lenin: A New Biography by Dmitri Volkogonov - Hardcover 1994 1st Printing Dmitri Volkogonov, the special assistant to Boris Yeltsin, uses secret Soviet archives to shift the perspective of Lenin’s time as a leader, revealing the Founding Father as a cruel totalitarian responsible for some of the worst moments in the Soviet state.In a biography that drastically changes the perception of Vladimir Lenin, a Soviet revolutionary, politician, and political theorist, numerous secrets are exposed from previously off-limits KGB archives.After three years of research through more than 3,700 once-secret documents, Volkogonov reveals the information found in the system concerning Lenin and his legacy, painting a compelling, shocking story about the Soviet founding father and the system he created.From the creation of concentration camps to brutal repression of church and the media, and the strategic cultivation of a cult of personality, Lenin reveals the truth behind the cruel and totalitarian leader’s past.
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Pages: 529
Personalize: No
Type: biography
Publication Date: 1994-10-12
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Personalized: No
Inscribed: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Vintage: Yes
Original Language: Russian
Book Title: Lenin : a New Biography
Number of Pages: 529 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Item Height: 1.9 in
Publication Year: 1994
Topic: General, Political
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 35.5 Oz
Author: Dmitri Volkogonov
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
