On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics

by Sheila Fitzpatrick

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Joseph Stalin was the unchallenged dictator of the Soviet Union for so long that most historians have dismissed the officials surrounding him as mere yes - men. On Stalin's Team overturns this view, revealing that behind Stalin were a dozen or so loyal and competent men who formed a remarkably effective team from the late 1920s until his death in 1953, when they accomplished a brilliant transition as a reforming 'collective leadership'. Drawing on extensive original research, Sheila Fitzpatrick provides the first in - depth account of Stalin's dedicated comrades - in - arms, who not only worked closely with their leader, but constituted his social circle. Key team members were Stalin's number - two man, Molotov; the military leader Voroshilov, the charismatic and entrepreneurial Ordzhonikidze; the wily security chief Beria; and the deceptively simple Khrushchev, who finally disbanded the team in 1957 to become sole leader of the Soviet Union.
  • ISBN13 9781459699205
  • Publish Date 25 November 2015 (first published 1 September 2015)
  • Publish Status Inactive
  • Out of Print 3 August 2021
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint ReadHowYouWant
  • Edition Large type / large print edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 788
  • Language English