Lenin : life and legacy
Volkogonov, Dmitriĭ Antonovich1994
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Destroys the myth of benevolent "Grandfather Lenin", showing how political violence and diplomatic double-dealing were part and parcel of the Soviet system from its outset in 1917. The old idea that Lenin created the communist system and Stalin took it to its extreme is shown to be flawed.
Main title:
Lenin : life and legacy / Dmitri Volkogonov ; translated and edited by Harold Shukman.
Imprint:
London : HarperCollins, 1994.
Collation:
xxxix,529p.,[32]p. of plates : ill., 1facsim., 1map, ports. ; 24cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Translated from the Russian.
ISBN:
9780002552707
Dewey class:
947.0841092920
Local class:
B LENIN, V IB
Language:
EnglishRussian
Subject:
BRN:
98213