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The Nature of Stalin's Dictatorship

The Politburo 1928-1953

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. E. A. Rees

    1. European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • E. A. Rees
    Pages 1-18

  3. Stalin as Leader 1924–1937: From Oligarch to Dictator

    • E. A. Rees
    Pages 19-58

  4. An Elite within an Elite: Politburo/Presidium Membership under Stalin, 1927–1953

    • Evan Mawdsley
    Pages 59-78

  5. From Team-Stalin to Degenerate Tyranny

    • Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 79-107

  6. The Politburo and Economic Policy-making

    • R. W. Davies, Melanie Ilič, Oleg Khlevnyuk
    Pages 108-133

  7. The Politburo and Foreign Policy in the 1930s

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 134-167

  8. The Ukrainian Politburo, 1934–1937

    • Valery Vasil’ev
    Pages 168-199

  9. Stalin as Leader, 1937–1953: From Dictator to Despot

    • E. A. Rees
    Pages 200-239

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 240-267
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This is the first attempt to systematically study the nature of the political leadership system under Stalin. It focuses both on the formal institutions of power, such as the Politburo, and on the informal networks of decision-making that were a central feature of his system of rule. It draws on a wealth of new archival material to highlight Stalin's relations with his co-leaders and wider elite groups, and offers different perspectives on the nature and degree of Stalin's system of personal power.

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"[H]ighly recommended for the serious student of Soviet and Russian history." - Journal of Slavic Military Studies

Editors and Affiliations

  • European University Institute, Florence, Italy

    E. A. Rees

About the editor

R. W. DAVIES Emeritus Professor MELANIE ILIC Senior Lecturer in History and Women's Studies, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham OLEG KHLEVNYUK State Archives of the Russian Federation EVAN MAWDSLEY Professor of Modern History, University of Glasgow VALERY VASILIEV Researcher, Ukrainian Academy of Science DEREK WATSON Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham STEPHEN WHEATCROFT Professor of History, University of Melbourne, Australia

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