Inside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia
- ISBN-10
- 0977743330
- ISBN-13
- 9780977743339
- Category
- History / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- Pages
- 335
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Atlas and Company
- Author
- Jonathan Brent
Description
An assessment of modern Russia based on the personal archives of Stalin charges the country with failing to deal with past events that contributed to its collapse, in a report that also covers the tolerance of anti-Semitism and ongoing government surveill
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