A new biography dmitri volkogonov the special assistant to boris yeltsin radically alters the traditional image of lenin with a biography based on secret soviet archives, revealing the founding father as a cruel, totalitarian leader who was responsible for the worst excesses of the soviet state. The eternal revolutionary by dmitri volkogonov by dmitri volkogonov including lenin, trotsky used to be the main charismatic and dominating determine of. Pdf on apr 1, 1996, michael jabara carley and others published dmitri volkogonov, lenin. Together with lenin, trotsky was the most charismatic and dominating figure of the russian revolution. Lenin ebook by dmitri volkogonov 9781439105542 rakuten kobo.
Political leaders from lenin to gorbachev new ed by volkogonov, dmitri isbn. Sep 05, 2017 following his great trilogy of biographies of the giants who dominated the history of the soviet union stalin 1991, lenin 1994 and trotsky 1996 dmitri volkogonov delves deeper into the soviet archives to produce new character evaluations and political assessments of the seven leaders who ruled the soviet union from 1917 to 1991. This was something dmitri only found out years later while doing his own research in the. For years, westerners have wondered what secrets were preserved not only in the kgb archives, but also in dozens of other offlimits locations. Volkogonov asserts this possibility, despite the fact that he himself provides evidence that, except for bukharin in the 1920s and 30s, all of the bolsheviks, following the lead of lenin and stalin, including not only stalins minions, molotov, voroshilov, and kaganovich, but also trotsky, kamenev, and zinoviev all sanctioned the use of. According to the translator and editor, harold shukman, the first researcher to gain access to the secret archives of the soviet state was dmitri volkogonov, who, as the director of the institute of military history and a serving colonel general, had for years.
General volkogonovs biographies of stalin, trotsky and lenin, based on secret documents that he had unique access to in the 1970s and 1980s as chief of the militarys psychological warfare. Following his great trilogy of biographies of the giants who dominated the history of the soviet union stalin 1991, lenin 1994 and trotsky 1996 dmitri volkogonov delves deeper into the soviet archives to produce new character evaluations and political assessments of the seven leaders who ruled the soviet union from 1917 to 1991. Dmitri was the son of a collective farm manager and a schoolteacher. Volkogonov, who died in 1995, warned that the perversion of morality that lenin and leninism brought to russia did immense damage to the country and its people and this will make the rooting of truly democratic institutions in that country very difficult, in spite of the collapse of the leninism system. Life and legacy is a crushing indictment of the regimes founder. Their marriage is described in prosaic terms as being in the best traditions of. Now i read dmitri volkogonovs lenin and i have trouble putting it down. Volkogonov, the chairperson of president yeltsins commission for examining the soviet archives. The rise and fall of the soviet empire by dmitri volkogonov. He had covered a twentyonepage notepad with childish scrawls the future of an entire generation of the flower of the russian intelligentsia was being decided by a man who could barely cope with an arithmetical problem for a. The files of the communist party, the military and the secret police, as well as stalins personal files and library with his.
Jul 10, 2011 volkogonov asserts this possibility, despite the fact that he himself provides evidence that, except for bukharin in the 1920s and 30s, all of the bolsheviks, following the lead of lenin and stalin, including not only stalins minions, molotov, voroshilov, and kaganovich, but also trotsky, kamenev, and zinoviev all sanctioned the use of. Volkogonov, a career military officer, adviser to boris yeltsin, and biographer of stalin, has reread the man whom his generation revered beyond mortality, tracked him through the archives, and viewed him through the eyes of defeated or disgraced contemporaries. Historian and former soviet general volkogonov stalin provides new details on germanys covert financing of the bolshevik party and, on a more personal note, of lenin s 10year affair with. A dynamic public speaker, a brilliant organizer and, isbn 9781416576648.
Having utilized his stillunequaled access to the soviet military archives. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It was during this research that volkogonov uncovered the reason for his own fathers execution possessing a pamphlet written by nikolai. Volkogonov, as a first hand participant and observer, is able to talk bout how the seeds for the great terrors and purges were dictated by the ideologies of lenin. Dmitri volkogonov, general, historiador y politico ruso. For those wondering what a serious russian historian would say about lenin when given a chance to write freely, here is the answer. Dmitri volkogonov began his career as a highranking soviet military officer. A dynamic public speaker, a brilliant organizer and, isbn 9781416576648 buy the trotsky ebook. After research in secret soviet archives both before and after the dissolution of the union, he published biographies of joseph stalin. Dec 07, 1995 general volkogonov s biographies of stalin, trotsky and lenin, based on secret documents that he had unique access to in the 1970s and 1980s as chief of the militarys psychological warfare. The special assistant to boris yeltsin radically alters the traditional image of lenin with a biography based on secret soviet archives, revealing the founding father as a cruel, totalitarian leader who was responsible for the worst excesses of the soviet state. Triumph and tragedy by the former soviet general dmitri volkogonov tries to give us the answer to this question, examining the path to power, personality cult and political invulnerability of one of the most gruesome dictators in history. Dmitry was the son of a collective farm manager and a schoolteacher.
Dmitry volkogonov was born march 22, 1928 in chita, eastern siberia. Trotsky isbn 9781416576648 pdf epub dmitri volkogonov ebook. The special assistant to boris yeltsin radically alters the traditional image of lenin with a biography based on secret. A biographical history of lenin, trotsky, and stalin bertram d. Dmitri volkogonov was born march 22, 1928 in chita, 1 eastern siberia. A new biography 1st edition by volkogonov, dmitri isbn.
Sally laird, observerin the first fully documented life of one of the greatest revolutionaries in history, dmitri volkogonov is free for the first time to assess lenins. As the man appointed by russian president boris yeltsin to manage the secret files housed in the kgb, communist party and government offices, the late former general dmitri volkogonov utilized his privileged access by publishing a number of works, notably the lavishly acclaimed lenin. This was something dmitry only found out years later while doing his own research in the restricted. Dmitri volkogonov was a career officer in the soviet red army who, until his death in 1995, played an integral role in the demilitarization of russia as boris yeltsins most senior military advisor and as a deputy in the russian parliament.
Historian and former soviet general volkogonov stalin provides new details on germanys covert financing of the bolshevik party and, on a more personal note, of lenins 10year affair with. The eternal revolutionary by dmitri volkogonov by dmitri volkogonov including lenin, trotsky used to be the main charismatic and dominating determine of the russian revolution. In 1937 when dmitry was eight, his father was arrested and shot during stalins purges for being found in possession of a pamphlet by bukharin. Sally laird, observerin the first fully documented life of one of the greatest revolutionaries in history, dmitri volkogonov is free for the first time to assess lenins life and legacy. His crowning achievement is the account of the seven general secretaries of the soviet empire in autopsy for an empire, a book that tells the entire history of the soviet failure. The papers of dmitrii antonovich volkogonov 19281995, military historian. Krupskaya is referred to as lenins wife, and indeed occasionally her name is not mentioned, only this position.
Dmitrii antonovich volkogonov papers 5 almost all major internal historical events in the development of the soviet union and its empire are documented in these records, but there is a large amount of material related to foreign relations and external events as well. Now that dmitri volkogonov, historian and former general in the soviet army, has been entrusted with the management of the archives as a special assistant to boris yeltsin, we at last have a chance to find out. Dmitry antonovich volkogonov 22 march 1928 6 december 1995 was a sovietrussian. Read autopsy for an empire online by dmitri volkogonov books.
Read trotsky eternal revolutionary by dmitri volkogonov available from rakuten kobo. General dmitri volkogonov as told to david remnick, lenins tomb, 409. Dmitri volkogonov, who was director of the institute of military history before being ousted for writing toohonest history, has employed previously inaccessible documentation to produce a new. The special assistant to boris yeltsin radically alters the traditional image of lenin with a biography based on secret soviet archives, revealing the founding. Having utilized his stillunequaled access to the soviet military archives, communist party.
After research in secret soviet archives both before and after the dissolution of. The late dmitri volkogonov emerged in the last decade of his life as the preeminent russian historian of this century. He had covered a twentyonepage notepad with childish scrawls the future of an entire generation of the flower of the russian intelligentsia was being decided by a man who could barely cope with an arithmetical problem for a sevenyearold. Triumph and tragedy by dmitri antonovich volkogonov. Although volkogonov approached lenin in the stalin biography in a rather conventional way, he was. Volkogonov, whose father was murdered in a purge that placed the family under a political cloud, nonetheless rose through army ranks to become. Military officer, defence advisor, writer and historian. Based on research among thousands of unpublished documents concealed in the communist party archives until the fall of the regime, lenin. Dmitri volkogonov project gutenberg selfpublishing. Read lenin by dmitri volkogonov available from rakuten kobo.
The exbeliever dmitri volkogonov comments in his lenin. As you can see, it makes an unsourced claim stubbornly clung toi doubt it since gorbachev was actually the first to really loosen political control, what with the glasnost and all, as well as use of. Oct 12, 20 volkogonov, who died in 1995, warned that the perversion of morality that lenin and leninism brought to russia did immense damage to the country and its people and this will make the rooting of truly democratic institutions in that country very difficult, in spite of the collapse of the leninism system. Trotsky isbn 9781416576648 pdf epub dmitri volkogonov. As propaganda chief of the soviet red army and later chairman of the russian archives declassifying commision, general dmitri volkogonov enjoyed unparalleled access to the vast secret archives of the former soviet. Volkogonov continued his research, delving into onceclosed kremlin archives and penning histories that picked at the shortcomings of soviet leaders even icons like vladimir lenin and leon trotsky. Even with the soviet edifice crumbling around his ears, the soviet leader stubbornly clung the lenin cult.
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