Stalin The First In-depth Biography By Edvard Radzinsky

Edvard Radzinsky’s The Last Tsar is the first full-scale biography of Stalin, providing a detailed account of his life and career. With access to Russia’s secret archives, Radzinsky portrays Stalin as calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed, with terror as a weapon and deceit as a constant companion. He uncovers the truth about Stalin’s involvement with terrorism, his role during the October Revolution, his hostile relationship with Lenin, his organization of terror, secret dealings with Hitler, and plans to send the Soviet Union’s Jews to concentration camps. Radzinsky also takes an intimate look at Stalin’s private life, including his turbulent relationship with his wife Nadezhda, and recreates the circumstances leading to her suicide. The book brings the past to life, revealing the Kremlin intrigues, double-dealing, and private worlds of the ruling class.