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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Politicheskaia i Voennaia Deiatel`nost` L.Z. Mekhlisa
[ From behind the leader`s back : Political and military activities of L.Z. Mekhlis]
2nd upd. and enl. ed
Moscow: Ritm Esteit, 2003 254 p Serie: Geral`dika Plus Hardcover. 14 x 20 cm ISBN: 5902009049 Language: Russian
Lev Mekhlis (1889-1941) was a member of the Stalin`s political elite for almost 25 years: his personal assistant, chief editor of the newspaper "Pravda", chief of the Main Political Department of the Red Army (Glavnoe Politicheskoe Upravlenie) during the Russian-Finnish war and later up to 1941. He was one of very few of Stalin`s comrades-in-arms who died in his own bed. The author showed Mekhlis as a member of Stalin`s "shadow" political elite, an alter ego of Stalin, as one of the creators of Stalin`s cult and dictatorship. The second edition of the book includes some changes and additional materials. Bibliographic references and supplements.
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