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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.
[ The Secret life of Stalin : Based on archival and library materials]
2nd upd. and enl. ed
Moscow: Veche, 2003 479 p Serie: Epokha Stalina Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm ISBN: 5945383597 Language: Russian
Out of many Stalin biographies and thousands of books about him this one shows an unknown Stalin with focus on his psychological, spiritual and intellectual world as it is presented in archival materials and other sources. The portrait of Stalin created in the book is far from complimentary. The author analyzes Stalin’s letters, love and sexual life, dialogs and correspondence with famous Russian and foreign writers, his library, and marginalia on his books. The most interesting chapter of this book is about the modern efforts to repair the portrait of the leader and restore his cult in history and the public mind. Boris Ilizarov is a professor of history and director of the Documentation Center "Narodnyi Arkhiv". Name index.
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