num_pages: 896
description: William Taubman's brilliant biography of one of the key figures of the Soviet Union is a study in contrasts -- how the boy from a peasant background rose to the heights of power; how a single-minded, ambitious political player survived twenty years under Stalin; how he opened up to the West after Stalin's death and yet brought the world close to oblivion in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Hugely acclaimed on hardback publication, and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, this is a magisterial work of political biography and a riveting insight into one of the giants of twentieth-century history. It is likely to remain the standard work for years to come.
language: English
title: Khrushchev : The Man and His Era
titlecomplete: Khrushchev : The Man and His Era
characters: Nikita Khrushchev
genres: Soviet Union, History, Russian History, Russia, European History, Biography Memoir, World History, Biography, Nonfiction, Politics
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: Free Press