Volkogonov, the chairperson of president yeltsins commission for examining the soviet archives. In 1937 when dmitry was eight, his father was arrested and shot during stalins purges for being found in possession of a pamphlet by bukharin. Dmitry was the son of a collective farm manager and a schoolteacher. See all books authored by dmitri volkogonov, including stalin. The publisher has supplied this book in drm free form with digital watermarking. 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. Together with lenin, trotsky was the most charismatic and dominating figure of the russian revolution. This was something dmitry only found out years later while doing his own research in the restricted. 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. Dmitri volkogonov, general, historiador y politico ruso. Mikhail narinsky moscow, a copy can be found in arkhiv. Ocassionally, volkogonov hammers home a point overmuch, but that is to be expected of a disillusioned man with an important message. Dmitrii antonovich volkogonov papers, library of congress. 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.
His crowning achievement is the account of the seven general secretaries of the soviet empire in autopsy for an empire, a book that tells the entire history of the soviet failure. 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. Triumph and tragedy by dmitri antonovich volkogonov. 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. Politics, policymaking and the presence of images of suffering children. He is critical of trotsky exposing him as no better or worse than his colleagues vladimir lenin and joseph stalin. 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. 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. Having utilized his stillunequaled access to the soviet military archives, communist party.
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. A revealing biography of perhaps the most tragic figure of the russian revolution. Dmitri volkogonov began his career as a highranking soviet military officer. Dmitry antonovich volkogonov russian historian britannica. Trotsky isbn 9781416576648 pdf epub dmitri volkogonov.
The late dmitri volkogonov emerged in the last decade of his life as the preeminent russian historian of this century. Volkogonov published books that contributed to the strain of liberal russian thought that emerged during. Following his great trilogy of biographies of the giants who dominated the history of the soviet union stalin 1991, lenin 1994 and trotsky 1996 dmitri volkogonov delves deeper into the soviet archives to produce. Dmitri volkogonov was born march 22, 1928 in chita, 1 eastern siberia. Dmitri was the son of a collective farm manager and a schoolteacher. Dmitry volkogonov was born march 22, 1928 in chita, eastern siberia. 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. Note on the author paul flewers is a socialist historian and a member of the editorial boards of. This was something dmitri only found out years later while doing his own research in the.
Military historian dmitri volkogonov who now advises boris yeltsin on na. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Volkogonovs engaging narrative takes us through the political purges, the meat grinding of russian society, and the elimination of stalins real or imagined opponents. Volkogonov has also authored two other works on stalin and trotsky. Following his great trilogy of biographies of the giants who dominated the history of the soviet union stalin 1991, lenin 1994 and trotsky 1996 dmitri volkogonov delves deeper into the soviet archives to produce new character evaluations and political assessments of the seven leaders who ruled the soviet union from 1917 to 1991. Using previously unreleased data from the archives of the kgb and the russian communist party makes this biography of trotsky unique. Military officer, defence advisor, writer and historian. If he had gained power, rather than stalin, the theory goes, the revolution might have turned out differently.
After research in secret soviet archives both before and after the dissolution of the union, he published biographies of joseph stalin. He now is a special assistant to boris yeltsin and chairman of the presidential commission examining soviet archives. Read trotsky eternal revolutionary by dmitri volkogonov available from rakuten kobo. 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. Key words lenin, volkogonov, soviet union, leninism. Policy program digital archive, library of congress, dmitri volkogonov collection. The papers of dmitrii antonovich volkogonov 19281995, military historian, writer, member of the russian parliament, and advisor to the president of the. 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. Leon trotsky was once portrayed as the pivotal figure of the revolution, as idealistic as lenin but far less ruthless than stalin. For those wondering what a serious russian historian would say about lenin when given a chance to write freely, here is the answer.
Get free shipping on the rise and fall of the soviet empire by dmitri volkogonov, from. This is probably the best biography written by russian military historian dmitri volkogonov. After youve bought this ebook, you can choose to download either the pdf version or the epub, or both. The author, dmitri volkogonov, was a former director of the institute of military history in russia and a colonelgeneral in the army. Dmitri volkogonov project gutenberg selfpublishing. 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. Lenin, joseph stalin, leon trotsky, and other formerly sacrosanct soviet leaders b. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next. 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. The exbeliever dmitri volkogonov comments in his lenin. Volkogonov, whose father was murdered in a purge that placed the family under a political cloud, nonetheless rose through army ranks to become.
Iaroslavskii, and in the history of the communist party of the soviet union bolshe. Dmitry antonovich volkogonov 22 march 1928 6 december 1995 was a sovietrussian. Born in 1928 in chita, eastern siberia, dmitri antonovich volkogonov was the son of a collective farmmanager father and a schoolteacher mother. Pdf on apr 1, 1996, michael jabara carley and others published dmitri volkogonov, lenin. Volkogonov, a soviet army historian who lost his illusions about communism and helped strip his countrymen of theirs, died. In the view of dmitri volkogonov, the question of whether or not soviet history was a continuation in any sense of russian history is of less importance than the. A dynamic public speaker, a brilliant organizer and, isbn 9781416576648. Dmitri volkogonov, translated by harold shukman free. Russian commission on powmias with two videos in the cspan.
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