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Rare 1990 Soviet Historical Anthology: "Leader. Master. Dictator" (Stalin)

For historians of Soviet totalitarianism, collectors of Perestroika-era literature, and researchers of the Stalinist period, this 1990 original Soviet hardcover volume is a key document of the Glasnost declassification movement. Published in Moscow by Patriot (Издательство «Патриот»), Leader. Master. Dictator (Вождь. Хозяин. Диктатор) brings together previously banned primary sources, military memoirs, and revisionist historical investigations into the rule and repressions of Joseph Stalin.

Bound 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.

Declassified Archives, Banned Manifestos & Military Testimonies This volume brings together pivotal historical texts that were inaccessible to Soviet readers prior to the late 1980s:

• Suppressed Bolshevik Opposition Texts: Complete reproductions of Martemyan Ryutin's illegal 1932 appeal "To All Members of the ACP(b)" («Ко всем членам ВКП(б)») and diplomat Fyodor Raskolnikov's scathing 1939 "Open Letter to Stalin".

• First-Hand Military Memoirs: Frank recollections by Marshal Georgy Zhukov («Коротко о Сталине») and Admiral of the Fleet Nikolai Kuznetsov («Крутые повороты»), detailing the devastating pre-war purges of Red Army command staff.

• Critical Historiography of the Great Terror: Landmark analytical studies by Dmitri Volkogonov («Феномен Сталина»), Roy Medvedev («О личной ответственности Сталина за террор 1937–1938 годов»), Arkady Vaksberg, and Otto Latsis examining collectivization, industrialization famine, and NKVD terror quotas.

Complete Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Вождь. Хозяин. Диктатор (Leader. Master. Dictator)

• Compilers / Editorial Board: Publisher "Patriot"

• Publisher: "Patriot" Publishing House (Москва)

• Publication Date: 1990 (Moscow, USSR)

• Language: Russian

• Binding: Original publisher's laminated graphic hardcover

• Page Count: 570+ pages

• Classification: Soviet Political History / Stalinism & Repression Studies / Glasnost Declassified Literature

Condition & Preservation Report

• Exterior Condition: Original glossy laminated hardcover boards are clean, flat, and rigid with minimal shelf rubbing at extremities.

• Binding Integrity: Exceptionally firm, square, and tight text block with intact hinges.

• Page Quality: Interior pages are clean and unmarked, exhibiting uniform light cream age-toning typical of late-Soviet paper stocks. Free from marginal notation, underlining, library stamps, or owner signatures.