{"product_id":"rare-1990-soviet-book-leader-master-dictator-stalin-tsar-to-soviet-books","title":"Rare 1990 Soviet Book: Leader, Master, Dictator (Stalin) | Tsar to Soviet Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRare 1990 Soviet Historical Anthology: \"Leader. Master. Dictator\" (Stalin)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor historians of Soviet totalitarianism, collectors of Perestroika-era literature, and researchers of the Stalinist period, this \u003cb\u003e1990 original Soviet hardcover volume\u003c\/b\u003e is a key document of the Glasnost declassification movement. Published in Moscow by \u003cb\u003ePatriot\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eИздательство «Патриот»\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeader. Master. Dictator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eВождь. Хозяин. Диктатор\u003c\/i\u003e) brings together previously banned primary sources, military memoirs, and revisionist historical investigations into the rule and repressions of \u003cb\u003eJoseph Stalin\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in a laminated hardcover featuring red-and-black poster-style graphics, this 570+ page volume compiles critical works by prominent Soviet historians, dissidents, and military commanders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeclassified Archives, Banned Manifestos \u0026amp; Military Testimonies\u003c\/b\u003e This volume brings together pivotal historical texts that were inaccessible to Soviet readers prior to the late 1980s:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuppressed Bolshevik Opposition Texts:\u003c\/b\u003e Complete reproductions of \u003cb\u003eMartemyan Ryutin's\u003c\/b\u003e illegal 1932 appeal \u003ci\u003e\"To All Members of the ACP(b)\"\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003e«Ко всем членам ВКП(б)»\u003c\/i\u003e) and diplomat \u003cb\u003eFyodor Raskolnikov's\u003c\/b\u003e scathing 1939 \u003ci\u003e\"Open Letter to Stalin\"\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst-Hand Military Memoirs:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank recollections by \u003cb\u003eMarshal Georgy Zhukov\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003e«Коротко о Сталине»\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003cb\u003eAdmiral of the Fleet Nikolai Kuznetsov\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003e«Крутые повороты»\u003c\/i\u003e), detailing the devastating pre-war purges of Red Army command staff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritical Historiography of the Great Terror:\u003c\/b\u003e Landmark analytical studies by \u003cb\u003eDmitri Volkogonov\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003e«Феномен Сталина»\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003eRoy Medvedev\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003e«О личной ответственности Сталина за террор 1937–1938 годов»\u003c\/i\u003e), Arkady Vaksberg, and Otto Latsis examining collectivization, industrialization famine, and NKVD terror quotas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplete Bibliographic Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Вождь. Хозяин. Диктатор (\u003ci\u003eLeader. Master. Dictator\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompilers \/ Editorial Board:\u003c\/b\u003e Publisher \"Patriot\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Patriot\" Publishing House (\u003ci\u003eМосква\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1990 (Moscow, USSR)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Russian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Original publisher's laminated graphic hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/b\u003e 570+ pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassification:\u003c\/b\u003e Soviet Political History \/ Stalinism \u0026amp; Repression Studies \/ Glasnost Declassified Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Preservation Report\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExterior Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e Original glossy laminated hardcover boards are clean, flat, and rigid with minimal shelf rubbing at extremities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Integrity:\u003c\/b\u003e Exceptionally firm, square, and tight text block with intact hinges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage Quality:\u003c\/b\u003e Interior pages are clean and unmarked, exhibiting uniform light cream age-toning typical of late-Soviet paper stocks. 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