Molotov: A Biography [electronic resource] /
Watson, D.author.
This is the first comprehensive biography of Molotov and reflects the range of sources that have become available to historians since the fall of the USSR. It is a commentary on Soviet history. Molotov played his part in revolution, Civil War, Lenin's Russia, Stalin's struggle with the oppositions, collectivization, industrialization, the Terror, the Great Patriotic War, the beginnings of the Cold War, and in the Khrushchev era.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Glossary of Russian Terms and Abbreviations Used in Text; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Making of a Revolutionary, 1890-1917; 2 Forging the Bolshevik Regime; 3 Party Secretary; 4 The Struggle with the Oppositions 1925-1927; 5 Stalin's Lieutenant 1927-1929; 6 Change and Consolidation 1929-1930; 7 Head of Government; 8 Molotov and the Terror 1934-1938; 9 1939 - Molotov Becomes Foreign Minister; 10 The Nazi-Soviet Pact and After 1939-1941; 11 The Great Patriotic War; 12 The Diplomat at War
13 Stalin's Last Years 1945-195314 Unrepentant Stalinist 1953-1957; 15 The Outcast; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-360) and index.
This is the first comprehensive biography of Molotov and reflects the range of sources that have become available to historians since the fall of the USSR. It is a commentary on Soviet history. Molotov played his part in revolution, Civil War, Lenin's Russia, Stalin's struggle with the oppositions, collectivization, industrialization, the Terror, the Great Patriotic War, the beginnings of the Cold War, and in the Khrushchev era.
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-1986.
Russia-History.
Europe, Eastern-History.
Europe-History.
History, Modern.
Russian, Soviet, and East European History.
European History.
Modern History.