What happened when the terrifying Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, suddenly died?
Everyone remembers the bumbling characters around Stalin’s deathbed in Armando Iannucci’s film Death of Stalin, but who knows what actually came next? Those bumblers from the Politburo, Stalin’s heirs, immediately and efficiently launched into reforms across the board. Meanwhile, the West’s vigilant Soviet-watchers almost completely missed the story …
In this vivid, deeply knowledgeable short book, award-winning historian Sheila Fitzpatrick offers a new look at a crucial moment in history.
About the author
Sheila Fitzpatrick is the multi-award-winning author of My Father’s Daughter, Mischka’s War, On Stalin’s Team, White Russians, Red Peril and The Russian Revolution, among other titles. She is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books and an honorary professor in the Department of History at the University of Sydney.
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