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Authors: Oleg V. Khlevniuk

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,
290
Kuromiya, Hiroaki,
120
Kursk, Battle of,
226
–227,
228
Kutuzov, Mikhail,
2
,
242
,
264
Kuzakova, M. P.,
251
Kuznetsov, Aleksi Aleksandrovich, Gallery
14
biography of,
353
n6
in leadership reorganization,
282
in Leningrad Affair,
144
,
282
–283
Kuznetsov, Nikolai Gerasimovich,
202
,
213
,
361
n22
Labor camps,
38
,
268
,
325
Lake Khasan, Battle of,
163
Lakoba, Nestor, Gallery
10
Lashevich, Mikhail,
84
Latvia: and German-Soviet non-aggression pact,
166
postwar repression in,
268
forced resettlement campaign in,
174
sovietization of,
170
–171,
173
League of Nations,
123
,
173
Lend-Lease aid,
212
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich: assassination attempt on,
57
,
128
death of,
79
death mask of,
2
evacuation of sarcophagus of,
203
federation proposal of,
68
–69
health of,
65
,
68
,
70
,
74
as military leader,
264
New Economic Policy (NEP) of,
7
,
64
–65
and invasion of Poland,
59
–60
in Provisional Government crackdown,
48
,
49
return from Switzerland,
45
revolutionary action plan of,
44
–47
revolutionary teachings of,
24
and seizure of power,
50
–51,
52
Stalin attacked by,
72
–74,
79
–Stalin relationship,
25
,
28
,
46
,
54
,
64
–65,
67
–68,
69
–75
Stalin’s correspondence with,
32
,
60
Stalin’s support for revolutionary agenda of,
47
–49,
52
–53
Stalin as student of,
24
,
53
,
93
–94
and Stalin–Trotsky conflict,
62
–63
“testament” of,
73
,
79
,
91
,
137
-Trotsky relationship,
51
–52,
65
–66,
70
on Tsaritsyn terror campaign,
58
Leningrad Affair,
144
,
282
–283,
310
Leningrad Blockade,
213
,
225
Leningrad
magazine,
265
Letter writing, citizen,
300
–301,
327
–329,
377
n35, n38
Lewin, Moshe,
74
Liberalization policy,
124
–125
Literature: censorship of,
96
in Stalin’s library,
95
Stalin’s taste in,
17
,
93
,
95
–96
Lithuania: and German-Soviet non-aggression pact,
166
postwar repression in,
268
forced resettlement campaign from,
174
sovietization of,
170
–171,
173
Litvinov, Maksim Maksimovich,
164
,
356
n37
Liushkov, Genrikh,
162
Livestock production, postwar,
299
–300,
374
n15
Lozgachev, P. V.,
4
Ludwig, Emil,
16
Main Guard Directorate,
33
–34,
35
–36
Makhrovsky, Konstantin,
56
–57
Malenkov, Georgy Maksimillianovich:
2
, Gallery
14
biography of,
332
n1
capital investment reduction under,
302
in interregnum period,
312
in leadership reorganizations,
178
,
181
,
272
–273,
282
,
303
and Molotov scandal,
271
,
272
Politburo appointment of,
177
at Stalin’s deathbed,
143
,
189
,
311
,
312
on Timoshenko,
222
in wartime leadership,
200
,
204
,
205
,
207
,
214
,
216
,
222
,
225
,
240
,
269
Malinovsky, Roman,
28
,
29
,
32
,
337
n48
Malinovsky, S. V.,
14
–15
Mao Zedong,
286
and Korean War,
296
Moscow visit of,
149
,
287
–288,
289
–293
Marshall Plan,
267
Martin, Terry,
325
Martov, Yuly Osipovich,
85
,
86
,
345
n95
Mekhlis, Lev Zakharovich,
199
,
220
,
221
,
360
n9
Mensheviks: opposition to armed robberies,
26
in party congresses,
25
in Petrograd Soviet,
43
,
44
and Provisional Government,
50
revolutionary agenda of,
24
Menshikov, Mikhail,
144
Merkulov, Vsevolod Nikolaevich,
273
,
369
n38
Merzliakov, M. A.,
31
Meyerhold, Vsevolod Emilyevich,
97
,
347
n13
Mgeladze, Akaky,
359
n42
Miasnikov, Aleksandr,
189
,
197
,
311
Mikhail, Grand Duke,
42
Mikhoels, Solomon Mikhailovich,
40
,
284
,
340
n23
Mikoyan (Mikoian), Anastas Ivanovich, Gallery
7
on agricultural policy,
302
assassination attempt on,
35
biography of,
334
n2
China visit of,
288
dismissal of,
144
,
283
in interregnum period,
311
in leadership reorganizations,
178
–179,
306
–307
and Leningrad Affair,
283
memoirs of,
xiv
,
332
n10
and Molotov scandal,
271
,
272
on Moscow evacuation,
214
on Presidium makeup,
306
on price reduction,
321
–322
in Stalin faction,
105
at Stalin’s social gatherings,
6
Stalin’s threat to,
144
Stalin’s vacation with,
192
in wartime leadership,
204
,
205
,
206
,
207
,
225
,
240
,
241
,
269
Mikoyan (Mikoian), Sergo,
206
,
332
n10
Military.
See
Air Force
Soviet-German Front
Red Army
Military production: German,
186
–187
Soviet,
183
–184,
297
–298
Mingrelian Affair,
304
–305,
314
–315
Mola, Emilio,
153
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich:
192
, Gallery
14
in Baltic states negotiations,
171
biography of,
333
–334n2
on collective leadership,
89
–90
dismissal of,
144
,
284
in foreign affairs post,
164
–165,
180
foreign press rumors blamed on,
269
,
270
–271
and German invasion,
199
,
200
–201
on grain expropriation,
101
-Hitler four-way alliance negotiations,
174
–176
and Hitler-Stalin non-aggression pact,
166
in interregnum period,
311
,
312
on Kaganovich,
147
in leadership reorganizations,
178
,
179
–180,
181
,
306
–307
in Mao’s Moscow visit,
289
negotiations with West,
267
and postwar settlement,
269
–270
purge of wife,
283
–284,
314
in Stalin faction,
105
Stalin’s attacks on,
181
–182,
270
–272,
283
on Stalin’s mental state,
197
,
204
–205
on Stalin’s security,
34
Stalin’s threat to,
144
,
146
on Trotsky,
154
in wartime leadership,
202
,
204
,
205
,
206
,
214
,
216
,
225
,
240
,
269
Western allies visited by,
223
Monetary reform,
274
–280,
321
Montefiore, Simon Sebag,
ix
Moscow Conference,
212
Moscow, Siege of: defenses in,
217
and evacuation plans,
214
–216
October Revolution anniversary celebrations in,
217
–219
political stability during,
216
popular uprisings during,
216
–217
Stalin’s presence during,
227
–228
Movie screenings,
2
–3,
93
,
96
–97,
347
n12
Munich Agreement,
163
–164,
167
Munitions industry,
183
–184,
185
–186
Murphy, David,
357
–358n76
Music, Stalin’s taste in,
97
Nakhimov, Pavel,
242
Nationalities.
See
Ethnic groups Nationalities commission,
65
NATO,
281
,
297
Nazaretian, Amaiak,

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