Joseph stalin was a georgian born student radical who became a member and eventually a leader of the bolshevik faction of the russian social democratic labour party. Kotkin tracks the changing revolution, noting how stalin and the bolsheviks benefited from the disintegration of the old order. When this plan became known internationally, it evoked a chorus of sneers from bourgeois. Stalins body removed from lenins tomb after his death people acknowledged stalins atrocities. Learn about his younger years, his rise to power and his brutal reign that caused. The central thesis of robert gellatelys work lenin, stalin, and hitler. Robert conquest was one of the 20th centurys bestknown historians specialising in russia. Overthrowing the conventional image of stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, robert service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentiethcentury figure. Parallel lives, by the british historian alan bullock, published in 1992, is. While marx and engels wrote detailed critiques of capitalism they could only suggest the bare outlines of what socialism as the order of society supplanting capitalism could be like lenin built on these ideas and the experience of the workingclass movement to develop notions of the ways in which a transitional regime based on the. Of the many books that deal with these two worldchanging figures, hitler and stalin. At the beginning of soviet rule, lenin, stalin, and trotsky holed up in a former finishing school for girls where the headmistress was still living, even as they dismantled czarist russia.
Stalinism as a civilization 1995, a study of the steel city of. His library was a working one, not for show, and included books. Communist russia under lenin under lenins leadership, the new soviet state faced critical challenges which threatened its survival. Though stalin wields great enforcement powers, kotkin infers trotsky is the intellectual successor to lenin. Joseph stalin, leader of the soviet union 18781953. Although lenin regarded trotsky and stalin as his two most able henchmen, trotsky diffidently rejected lenins attempts to play him against stalin.
Under lenins leadership, the new soviet state faced critical challenges which threatened its survival. Stalin, hitler and the temptations of totalitarianism the. Difference between lenin and stalin compare the difference. Staggeringly wide in scope note the 100page bibliography, this work meticulously examines the structural forces that brought down one autocratic. Wolfe, theamerican mercury trotsky shows conclusively that soviet historiography has become an arsenal of falsifications constructed to defend. Whatever stalin perfected was rooted in the leninist system. Feb 01, 2019 a woman is flanked by portraits of soviet leader joseph stalin and russian revolutionary vladimir lenin as the russian communist party rallies to mark the centenary of the 1917 bolshevik revolution. Lenins terror abebooks abebooks shop for books, art. Trotskys stalin is unique in marxist literature in that it attempts to explain some of the most decisive events of the 20th century, not just in terms of epochmaking economic and social transformations, but in the individual psychology of one of the protagonists in a great historical drama. Stalin acquired his books in various ways, including by borrowing them from other libraries and not returning them.
How lenins love of literature shaped the russian revolution. His real name was dzhugashvili also spelled dzugashvili or djugashvili. In lenin, stalin, and hitler, acclaimed historian robert gellately focuses on the dominant powers of the time, the soviet union and nazi germany, but also analyzes the catastrophe of those years in an effort to uncover its political and ideological nature. Oct 12, 20 for years after nikita khruschevs famous secret speech in 1956 denouncing stalin and some of his crimes, apologists for the ussr and its communist system continued to claim that if only lenin had lived longer, sovietstyle communism would have evolved in a much more benign direction than it ultimately did under the bloodthirsty stalin. One of the most influential of the postsoviet books was the princeton historian stephen kotkins magnetic mountain. Trotsky is quick to point out the difference between lenin and stalin, saying of lenin, the idea of making a fetish of the political machine was not only alien but repugnant to his nature. Lenin s testament is the name given to a document purportedly dictated by vladimir lenin in the last weeks of 1922 and the first week of 1923. Yet stalin was also worse, because his regime killed far, far more. Terrorism, war, empire, love, rebellion is published next month by verso. Trotskys attempts to attack stalin thereafter were largely unsuccessful. The age of social catastrophe, is that the advent of lenin and the bolshevik party to power in russia in 1917 directly led to the nightmare societies of germany and the soviet union in the 1920s, 30s, and beyond. Stalin was placed inside the tomb, in an open coffin, under glass, near lenins body. Michael karpovich, the new york times trotskys stalin is sometimes brilliant and at all points highly informative and revealing, bertram d. A bold new accounting of the great social and political upheavals that enveloped europe between 1914 and 1945from the russian revolution through the second world war.
Nov 11, 2009 a bold new accounting of the great social and political upheavals that enveloped europe between 1914 and 1945from the russian revolution through the second world war. Leon trotsky and joseph stalin were political rivals. Wolfe, theamerican mercury trotsky shows conclusively that soviet historiography has become an. Lenin and stalin happen to be the most prominent and influential leaders of modern soviet union. A woman is flanked by portraits of soviet leader joseph stalin and russian revolutionary vladimir lenin as the russian communist party rallies to mark the centenary of the 1917 bolshevik revolution. Censorship of books in the soviet union from 19201940. Stalinist policies and ideas that were developed in the soviet union included rapid industrialization, the theory of socialism in one country, a totalitarian state, collectivization of agriculture, a cult of personality and subordination of the interests of foreign. The age of social catastrophe ebook written by robert gellately. He was a guiding force, navigating the regime through civil war, economic dislocation and famine, though at great cost. Stalin, hitler and the temptations of totalitarianism. In the second half of the twentieth century, americans were taught to see both nazi germany and the soviet union as the greatest of evils.
Stalin, volume i documents the personalities and circumstances of the preu. Hitler was worse, because his regime propagated the unprecedented horror of the holocaust, the attempt to eradicate an entire people on racial grounds. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read lenin, stalin, and hitler. He served as the general secretary of the central committee of the communist party of the soviet union from 1922 until his death in 1953. Ten minute history the decline and dissolution of the soviet union short documentary duration. The social oppression of toiling masses, their apparent complete helplessness before the blind forces of capitalism. Stalins war on ukraine a vivid and rounded picture of lenin the man. Sep 02, 2009 helen rappaports top 10 books on lenin. He read widely, including books in foreign languages. Sensing his impending death, he also gave criticism of bolshevik leaders zinoviev, kamenev, trotsky, bukharin, pyatakov and stalin. It traces the history of the russian revolution from its first phase, dominated by vladimir lenin, to the rise of the bureaucracy, and the thermidorian reaction or counterrevolution of joseph stalin and his persecution and purging of the revolutionist generation, i. In the testament, lenin proposed changes to the structure of the soviet governing bodies. For years after nikita khruschevs famous secret speech in 1956 denouncing stalin and some of his crimes, apologists for the ussr and its communist system continued to claim that if only lenin had lived longer, sovietstyle communism would have evolved in a much more benign direction than it ultimately did under the bloodthirsty stalin.
Long but highly readable, it is still a valuable standard 45 years after. While stalin ruled for almost three decades and was the successor of lenin, it was lenin who remains the father figure and a creator of modern day communist ussr which ended in 1990 though. He is a russian historian and political commentator. On lenin s death, stalin, kamenev, and grigori zinoviev formed a triumvirate of successors allied against trotsky, who was a strong contender to replace lenin. He read history and marxist philosophy, he read popularized science, he also read fiction voraciously. List of books and articles about joseph stalin online. After vladimir lenin, the first soviet head of state, suffered a stroke in early 1923, trotsky and stalin engaged in a contest for power. In lenin, stalin, and hitler, acclaimed historian robert gellately focuses on the dominant powers of the time, the soviet union and nazi germany, but also analyzes the catastrophe of those years in an effort to uncover its.
Stalin, like lenin, is distinguished by high ability as a mass activizer. Lenin and stalin both had ideas of how books should be used in the soviet union and these ideas are contrary to how we perceive the use of books today. As bolshevik ideas and tactics return to world politics, victor sebestyen focuses our attention on man who invented them. A book on stalin by trotsky would be an event under any circumstances. Lenin and stalin as mass leaders marxists internet archive. Joseph stalin, leader of the soviet union 18781953 youtube. The age of social catastrophe, is that the advent of lenin and the bolshevik party to power in russia in 1917 directly led to the nightmare societies of germany and the soviet union in. In 1956 the lenin library asked for the return of 72 such books. Under stalin s regime, lenin was actively portrayed as a close friend of stalin s who had supported stalin s bid to be the next soviet leader. Feb 27, 2018 ten minute history the decline and dissolution of the soviet union short documentary duration. Drawing on unexplored archives and personal testimonies gathered from across russia and georgia, this is the first fullscale. In lenin, stalin, and hitler, acclaimed historian robert gellately focuses on the dominant powers of the time, the soviet union and nazi germany, but also analyzes the catastrophe of those years. Stalins elevation as lenins general secretary in 1922 both spurred stalins own personal dictatorship and aroused alarme. Parallel lives, by the british historian alan bullock, published in 1992, is the best and certainly.
His library was a working one, not for show, and included books that had been banned and by rivals. Joseph stalin 18781953 was the dictator of the union of soviet socialist republics ussr from 1929 to 1953. Stalin s purge of the 1930s 1968, where marx went wrong 1970, lenin 1972, stalin. Jan 27, 2011 in the second half of the twentieth century, americans were taught to see both nazi germany and the soviet union as the greatest of evils. In the years following the death of vladimir lenin, he rose to become dictator. Oct 19, 2017 lenin had only seven years in power while stalin had 30. He received an ma in modern languages from the university of cambridge and an ma and a phd in government from the university of essex. Yet stalin was also worse, because his regime killed far, far more peopletens of millions, it was. Stalinism is the means of governing and related policies implemented from 1927 to 1953 by joseph stalin 18781953. Lenin had only seven years in power while stalin had 30. Stalins purge of the 1930s 1968, where marx went wrong 1970, lenin 1972, stalin. During the soviet era, five separate editions of lenin s published works were published in russian, the first beginning in 1920 and the last from 1958 to 1965. Arguing that the tragedies endured by europe were inextricably linked through the.
His great capacity in this key phase of leadership was graphically shown, among other major campaigns, by the partys great drive to carry through the first fiveyear plan. Oct 18, 2017 of the many books that deal with these two worldchanging figures, hitler and stalin. An oxfordtrained historian who worked for the british information research department producing antisoviet material and later as one of margaret thatchers advisers, conquest is best known for. Kennan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Lenin held that religion was a simply product of social oppression and economic exploitation. After trotsky was ousted 1925 as commissar of war, stalin, now allied with nikolai bukharin, turned on kamenev and zinoviev. Helen rappaports top 10 books on lenin books the guardian. Lenins testament is the name given to a document purportedly dictated by vladimir lenin in the last weeks of 1922 and the first week of 1923.
The main use of books in the soviet union was to imbed cultural products into the collective memory of the people. Sep 28, 2010 lenin and stalin both had ideas of how books should be used in the soviet union and these ideas are contrary to how we perceive the use of books today. Russia under lenin and stalin by andics, hellmut and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Vladimir lenin books list of books by author vladimir lenin. See all books authored by vladimir lenin, including the state and revolution, and imperialism. Russia and the west under lenin and stalin by george f. A fresh, powerful portrait of lenin, and just at the right time. However, when it was found that 62 of these books contained stalins annotations other ways were found to compensate the lenin library for its losses.
1224 935 1013 258 28 359 793 1649 1022 1125 1547 912 1323 1631 720 1146 1240 1028 705 1357 964 955 478 185 1241 829 1079 1312 1273 4 1280 1472 505 472 1149 659 175