Dmitrii antonovich volkogonov papers 5 almost all major internal historical events in the development of the soviet union and its empire are documented in these records, but there is a large amount of material related to foreign relations and external events as well. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Meanwhile alger hiss and his lawyer, john lowenthal, appealed to retired soviet army general dmitri volkogonov and the russian federal. The eternal revolutionary by volkogonov, dmitri and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Towards the end of his service, he turned his attention to history and became the leading exponent of soviet revisionism. This is probably the best biography written by russian military historian dmitri volkogonov. Lenin, joseph stalin, leon trotsky, and other formerly sacrosanct soviet leaders b. The files of the communist party, the military and the secret police, as well as stalins personal files and library with his. As the man appointed by russian president boris yeltsin to manage the secret files housed in the kgb, communist party and government offices, the late former general dmitri volkogonov utilized his privileged access by publishing a number of works, notably the lavishly acclaimed lenin. A revealing biography of perhaps the most tragic figure of the russian revolution.
Alger hiss and the volkogonov affair conservapedia. Volkogonov, dmitry antonovich 1928 1995, soviet and russian military and political figure, historian, and philosopher colonel general volkogonov was born in chita province, the son of a minor civil servant who was shot in 1937. Volkogonov, who was a leading member of the russian team that assembled the documents in this volume, was amassing a. Dmitri volkogonov the special assistant to boris yeltsin radically alters the traditional image of lenin with a biography based on secret soviet archives, revealing the founding father as a cruel, totalitarian leader who was responsible for the worst excesses of the soviet state. Volkogonovs engaging narrative takes us through the political purges, the meat grinding of russian society, and the elimination of stalins real or imagined opponents. After the fall of soviet communism in 1991, former president nixon and the director of his presidential library, john h. Volkogonov, a soviet army historian who lost his illusions about communism and helped strip his countrymen of theirs, died today in moscow of stomach cancer. Dmitry antonovich volkogonov 22 march 1928 6 december 1995 was a sovietrussian. For those wondering what a serious russian historian would say about lenin when given a chance to write freely, here is the answer. Medvedev we do have stalins appointment book but just for his kremlin office, not for the dacha the unknown stalin and we lack his phone logs. In addition, the reg translated by ellen dahrendorf istry of the documents that flowed to and from 326ppzffauris. First is its author, the son of a stalin purge victim but himself once a seemingly orthodox colonel general among the militarys political commissars and, more lately, a radical critic of the soviet military and a yeltsin confidant. Leon trotsky was once portrayed as the pivotal figure of the revolution, as idealistic as lenin but far less ruthless than stalin.
Ocassionally, volkogonov hammers home a point overmuch, but that is to be expected of a disillusioned man with an important message. Volkogonov, a career military officer, adviser to boris yeltsin, and biographer of stalin, has reread the man whom his generation revered beyond mortality, tracked him through the archives, and viewed him through the eyes of defeated or disgraced contemporaries. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next. Volkogonov, a soviet army historian who lost his illusions about communism and helped strip his countrymen of theirs, died today in. When i expanded the article on dmitri volkogonov and added sources the section on alger hiss seemed to be given undue weight as it stood because it was mostly about hiss and not volkogonov so i edited it down to a summation of what had been written on the topic. Using previously unreleased data from the archives of the kgb and the russian communist party makes this biography of trotsky unique. Dmitri volkogonov began his career as a highranking soviet military officer who specialised in psychological warfare. Dmitri volkogonov began his career as a highranking soviet military. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Born in 1928 in chita, eastern siberia, dmitri antonovich volkogonov was the son of a collective farmmanager father and a schoolteacher mother. Documents from the archives of the president of the russian federation aprf.
The result was not only the removal of thousands of documents from academic study but also, as volkogonov says, stalins invulnerability, his diabolical strength. Jul 10, 2011 volkogonov s engaging narrative takes us through the political purges, the meat grinding of russian society, and the elimination of stalins real or imagined opponents. You also get unlimited file sizes as well as the ability to upload and convert several files to pdf at the same time. Title dmitrii antonovich volkogonov papers, summary copies of correspondence, memoranda, articles, texts of speeches, interviews, personal testimonies, investigative and other reports, official protocols, directives, resolutions, schedules, logs, inventories of archival material, printed material, film scenarios, and photographs reproduced from records in thirteen russian archives as well as. With a free trial of our online pdf converter, you can convert files to and from pdf for free, or sign up for one of our memberships for limitless access to our file converters full suite of tools.
Mar 18, 2020 dmitry antonovich volkogonov, russian colonel general and soviet military historian who gained access to archival material and published scathing exposes on v. Volkogonov, a career military officer, adviser to boris yeltsin, and biographer of stalin, has reread the man whom his generation revered beyond mortality, tracked him through the archives, and viewed him through the eyes of defeated or disgraced. Dmitri volkogonov was born march 22, 1928 in chita, 1 eastern siberia. I enjoyed this book even though i disagreed with prof. Accounts of lenins cooperation with germany during world war i and of the new governments using funds to further revolution abroad even as millions of citizens starved are among the books most chilling passages. The second parliamentary committee released 78 million files to public access. The author, dmitri volkogonov, was a former director of the institute of military history in russia and a colonelgeneral in the army. Second, the author has worked with party, army and state archives previously unseen by stalins western. A dynamic public speaker, a brilliant organizer and, isbn 9781416576648.
Triumph and tragedy by dmitri antonovich volkogonov. Dmitrii antonovich volkogonov papers, library of congress. The uses of dmitri volkogonov samuel farber as the man appointed by russian president boris yeltsin to manage the secret files housed in the kgb, communist party and government offices, the late former general dmitri volkogonov utilized his privileged access by publishing a number of works, notably the lavishly acclaimed lenin. Russian commission on powmias with two videos in the cspan video library. Volkogonov recalls how stalin combed the archives and the world after lenins death, paying huge sums for any of lenins letters and notes so he could be sole interpreter of leninism. Dmitri volkogonov project gutenberg selfpublishing. Dmitry antonovich volkogonov russian historian britannica. Volkogonov, whose father was murdered in a purge that placed the family under a political cloud, nonetheless rose through. Tls tim flannery little creatures ot flores island sarah.
Trotsky isbn 9781416576648 pdf epub dmitri volkogonov. He had covered a twentyonepage notepad with childish scrawls the future of an entire generation of the flower of the russian intelligentsia was being decided by a man who could barely cope with an arithmetical problem for a sevenyearold. He now is a special assistant to boris yeltsin and chairman of the presidential commission examining soviet archives. If he had gained power, rather than stalin, the theory goes, the revolution might have turned out differently. Taylor, petitioned the new russian president boris yeltsin to open the soviet archives relating to the hisschambers case. He is critical of trotsky exposing him as no better or worse than his colleagues vladimir lenin and joseph stalin. Policy program digital archive, library of congress, dmitri volkogonov collection. Pdf the rise and fall of the soviet empire download. After research in secret soviet archives both before and after the dissolution of. Your description of the events were accurate and sourced. Dmitri volkogonov was a career officer in the soviet red army who, until his death in 1995, played an integral role in the demilitarization of russia as boris yeltsins most senior military advisor and as a deputy in the russian parliament.
Joseph stalin plunged russia into a barbarous nightmare the likes of which the world has never seen, leaving behind a ravaged nation and a legacy of grief, but no answers. Oct 12, 20 volkogonov, who died in 1995, warned that the perversion of morality that lenin and leninism brought to russia did immense damage to the country and its people and this will make the rooting of truly democratic institutions in that country very difficult, in spite of the collapse of the leninism system. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Pdf on apr 1, 1996, michael jabara carley and others published dmitri volkogonov, lenin. In 1987 i spent a number of days driving around london alone with dmitrii. Colonel general volkogonov was born in chita province, the son of a minor civil servant who was shot in 1937. A former general in the soviet armys propaganda department, director of the institute for military history, and defence adviser to president yeltsin from 1991 to his death from cancer in december 1995, dmitri volkogonov had unrivalled access to soviet military archives, communist party documents and secret presidential files. After research in secret soviet archives both before and after the dissolution of the union, he published biographies of joseph stalin. As propaganda chief of the soviet red army and later chairman of the russian archives declassifying commision, general dmitri volkogonov enjoyed unparalleled access to the vast. In the view of dmitri volkogonov, the question of whether or not soviet history. Dmitri was the son of a collective farm manager and a schoolteacher. Trotsky isbn 9781416576648 pdf epub dmitri volkogonov ebook. The special assistant to boris yeltsin radically alters the traditional image of lenin with a biography based on secret soviet archives, revealing the founding father as a cruel, totalitarian leader who was responsible for the worst excesses of the soviet state. According to the translator and editor, harold shukman, the first researcher to gain access to the secret archives of the soviet state was dmitri volkogonov, who, as the director of the institute of military history and a serving colonel general, had for years.
Aug 20, 2010 a former general in the soviet armys propaganda department, director of the institute for military history, and defence adviser to president yeltsin from 1991 to his death from cancer in december 1995, dmitri volkogonov had unrivalled access to soviet military archives, communist party documents and secret presidential files. This was something dmitri only found out years later while doing his own research in the. Volkogonov, whose father was murdered in a purge that placed the family under a political cloud, nonetheless rose through army ranks to become. Dmitri volkogonov, general, historiador y politico ruso. Military officer, defence advisor, writer and historian. The exbeliever dmitri volkogonov comments in his lenin. Together with lenin, trotsky was the most charismatic and dominating figure of the russian revolution. Volkogonov has also authored two other works on stalin and trotsky. Volkogonov, as a first hand participant and observer, is able to talk bout how the seeds for the great terrors and purges were dictated by the ideologies of lenin. Triumph and tragedy by dmitri volkogonov, paperback. The seven leaders who built the soviet regime dmitri volkogonov.
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