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The Resource Stalin's loyal executioner : People's Commissar Nikolai Ezhov, 1895-1940, Marc Jansen and Nikita Petrov

Stalin's loyal executioner : People's Commissar Nikolai Ezhov, 1895-1940, Marc Jansen and Nikita Petrov

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"During the Great Terror (1937 to 1938), at least 1.5 million Soviet citizens were arrested for alleged crimes against the state. Some 700,000 of them were shot. A dozen years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, still-classified Soviet archives reveal for the first time the scope of communist terrorism under Joseph Stalin. This book illuminates the ongoing debate generated by our compelling need to understand how such horrors could unfold in modern history." "The gruesome facts in this story focus on one man. Nikolai Ezhov rose from obscurity to become Stalin's ruthless functionary in total charge of the era's massive purges. For fifteen months, Ezhov was a hero in the Politburo. Less than three and a half years after his appointment, he was dead, his name obliterated from government files." "In 1998, the military Collegium of the Russian Supreme Court ruled that justice had been served by the secret trial and execution of Nikolai Ezhov, "enemy of the people." Using Ezhov's own papers meticulously documenting his loyalty to Stalin, the book reveals the full human tragedy encompassed in Ezhov's meteoric and bloody career. The following questions rivet our attention to an unprecedented era of bureaucratic madness: was Ezhov operating outside the scope of Stalin's authority or "just following orders"?; how were Stalin's "national operation" implemented?; how, in 1938, did Ezhov suddenly lose favor with Stalin?; what police actions were the aftermath of Ezhov's brief reign of terror?; and how did Soviet national policies shift after 1938?"--Jacket
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages)
Contents
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1: Early Career; Chapter 2: Directing the Purges and Supervising the NKVD; Chapter 3: State Security Chief; Chapter 4: The Great Terror; Chapter 5: Apogee; Chapter 6: Decline; Chapter 7: Fall; Chapter 8: Enemy of the People; Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks; Notes; Index
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9780817929060
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Stalin's loyal executioner : People's Commissar Nikolai Ezhov, 1895-1940
Title
Stalin's loyal executioner
Title remainder
People's Commissar Nikolai Ezhov, 1895-1940
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Marc Jansen and Nikita Petrov
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Language
eng
Summary
"During the Great Terror (1937 to 1938), at least 1.5 million Soviet citizens were arrested for alleged crimes against the state. Some 700,000 of them were shot. A dozen years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, still-classified Soviet archives reveal for the first time the scope of communist terrorism under Joseph Stalin. This book illuminates the ongoing debate generated by our compelling need to understand how such horrors could unfold in modern history." "The gruesome facts in this story focus on one man. Nikolai Ezhov rose from obscurity to become Stalin's ruthless functionary in total charge of the era's massive purges. For fifteen months, Ezhov was a hero in the Politburo. Less than three and a half years after his appointment, he was dead, his name obliterated from government files." "In 1998, the military Collegium of the Russian Supreme Court ruled that justice had been served by the secret trial and execution of Nikolai Ezhov, "enemy of the people." Using Ezhov's own papers meticulously documenting his loyalty to Stalin, the book reveals the full human tragedy encompassed in Ezhov's meteoric and bloody career. The following questions rivet our attention to an unprecedented era of bureaucratic madness: was Ezhov operating outside the scope of Stalin's authority or "just following orders"?; how were Stalin's "national operation" implemented?; how, in 1938, did Ezhov suddenly lose favor with Stalin?; what police actions were the aftermath of Ezhov's brief reign of terror?; and how did Soviet national policies shift after 1938?"--Jacket
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individual biography
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Jansen, Marc
Dewey number
363.28/3/092
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
DK268.E93
LC item number
J36 2002eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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Petrov, N. V.
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  • Ezhov, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich
  • Soviet Union
  • Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za
  • Political purges
  • Ezhov, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich
  • Ezhov, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich
  • Ežov, Nikolaj I
  • Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za
  • Soviet Union
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • HISTORY
  • Employees
  • Political purges
  • Soviet Union
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Stalin's loyal executioner : People's Commissar Nikolai Ezhov, 1895-1940, Marc Jansen and Nikita Petrov
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-261) and index
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online resource
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multicolored
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Contents
Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1: Early Career; Chapter 2: Directing the Purges and Supervising the NKVD; Chapter 3: State Security Chief; Chapter 4: The Great Terror; Chapter 5: Apogee; Chapter 6: Decline; Chapter 7: Fall; Chapter 8: Enemy of the People; Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks; Notes; Index
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864675754
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unknown
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1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages)
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unknown
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online
Isbn
9780817929060
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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illustrations
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not applicable
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unknown sound
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remote
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(OCoLC)864675754
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Stalin's loyal executioner : People's Commissar Nikolai Ezhov, 1895-1940, Marc Jansen and Nikita Petrov
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-261) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1: Early Career; Chapter 2: Directing the Purges and Supervising the NKVD; Chapter 3: State Security Chief; Chapter 4: The Great Terror; Chapter 5: Apogee; Chapter 6: Decline; Chapter 7: Fall; Chapter 8: Enemy of the People; Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks; Notes; Index
Control code
864675754
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780817929060
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
c691d6d0-093d-4dd2-b198-8a73aa815850
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)864675754

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