The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive
The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive by Richard Pipes
English | 1999 | ISBN: 0300076622 | 240 Pages | PDF | 8.3 MB
English | 1999 | ISBN: 0300076622 | 240 Pages | PDF | 8.3 MB
Was Lenin a visionary whose ideals were subverted by his followers? Or was he a cynical misanthrope, even crueler than Stalin? This book, which contains newly released documents from the Lenin archive in Russia, lays bare Lenin the man and the politician, leaving little doubt that he was a ruthless and manipulative leader who used terror, subversion, and persecution to achieve his goals.
Edited and introduced by the eminent scholar Richard Pipes in collaboration with Y.A. Buranov of the Russian Center for the Preservation and Study of Documents of Recent History in Moscow, the documents date from 1886 through the end of Lenin's life.