Lenin's brain and other tales from the secret Soviet archives
(2013)
By:
Gregory, Paul R
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Hoover Institution Press : Made available through hoopla, 2013
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780817948139 (electronic bk.) MWT11703861, 0817948139 (electronic bk.) 11703861
LANGUAGE
English
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An enlightening look into the once-secret Soviet state and party archives that Western scholars first gained access to in the early 1990s. Paul Gregory breaks down a decades-old wall of secrecy to reveal intriguing new information on such subjects as Stalin's Great Terror, the day-to-day life of Gulag guards, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the scientific study of Lenin's brain, and other fascinating tales
Mode of access: World Wide Web