num_pages: 896
description: The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during the first decade after Stalin's death, Khrushchev left a contradictory stamp on his country and on the world. His life and career mirror the Soviet experience: revolution, civil war, famine, collectivization, industrialization, terror, world war, cold war, Stalinism, post-Stalinism. Complicit in terrible Stalinist crimes, Khrushchev nevertheless retained his humanity: his daring attempt to reform communism prepared the ground for its eventual collapse; and his awkward efforts to ease the cold war triggered its most dangerous crises.This is the first comprehensive biography of Khrushchev and the first of any Soviet leader to reflect the full range of sources that have become available since the USSR collapsed. Combining a page-turning historical narrative with penetrating political and psychological analysis, this book brims with the life and excitement of a man whose story personified his era.
language: English
title: Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
titlecomplete: Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
characters: Nikita Khrushchev
genres: History, World History, Russia, Biography Memoir, European History, Politics, Russian History, Soviet Union, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1482
series: Inimene ja ajalugu
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Arthur Ross Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize
publisher: W. W. Norton  Company