Yezhov : the rise of Stalin's "iron fist"

Publication Data

• Title Yezhov : the rise of Stalin's "iron fist"
• Author J. Arch Getty
• Contributor Oleg V. Naumov
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location New Haven
• Language English

Contents

Introduction: constructing the commissar
Epilogue as prologue: the commissar at work
The making of a Bolshevik
In the provinces
The party personnel system
Sorting out the comrades
Yezhov on the job: "cadres decide everything"
Yezhov and the Kirov assassination
Enemies large and small
Angling for the job.

Topics

• Ezhov, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich, 1895-1940
• Soviet Union. Operativnye voĭska.del :: Officials and employees :: Biography
• Soviet Union :: Politics and government :: 1917-1936
• Soviet Union

Yezhov : the rise of Stalin's "iron fist" by J. Arch Getty. ISBN 9780300092059. Published by Yale University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.