Yezhov
Subtitle: the rise of Stalin's "iron fist"
By: J. Arch Getty and Oleg V. Naumov ; with the assistance of Nadezhda V. Muraveva.
Contributors: Naumov, Oleg V.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300092059
Subjects: Ezhov, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich, -- 1895-1940; Soviet Union. -- Narodnyĭ komissariat vnutrennikh del -- Officials and employees -- Biography; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: constructing the commissar; title: Epilogue as prologue: the commissar at work; title: The making of a Bolshevik; title: In the provinces; title: The party personnel system; title: Sorting out the comrades; title: Yezhov on the job: cadres decide everything; title: Yezhov and the Kirov assassination; title: Enemies large and small; title: Angling for the job.