I have a big gap in knowledge of post-stalin Russia. Also if there’s any books covering this period I would love a recommendation.

  • Rafael_Luisi
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    3 years ago

    Stalin was actually not the crazy maniac the west likes to portray him, he was in fact, less severe then Lenin, he also depended a lot on the USSR council to do stuff, so he could not kick people he did not trust unless there was some proff on that person and the rest of the council agreed he needed to go.

  • cfgaussian
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    3 years ago

    There are all sorts of secondary sources that analyze this issue that i’m sure others have or will recommend (Grover Furr, Domenico Losurdo, etc.), but i’ll go a different route. Read “Next to Stalin: Notes of a Bodyguard” by A.T. Rybin. It’s takes a more personal approach and has quite a bit to say about what, in the opinion of many who knew Stalin personally, really happened.

    It’s also quite a quick, short read.