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Translator’s Preface
Editor’s Foreword
Andrei Bitov. The Baldest and the Boldest
Abbreviations and Acronyms
The Memoirs
Prologue
Part I. The Beginning of the Road
A Little About Myself
The Fourteenth Party Conference
A Few Words About the NEP
The Fifteenth Party Congress
The Move to Kharkov
The Move to Kiev
At the Industrial Academy
Personal Acquaintance with Stalin
Moscow Workdays
The Kirov Assassination
Some Consequences of the Kirov Assassination
In the Ukraine Again
The Ukraine–Moscow (Crossroads of the 1930s)
The Second World War Approaches
The Beginning of the Second World War
Events on the Eve of War
Part II. The Great Patriotic War
The Difficult Summer of 1941
People and Events of Summer and Fall 1941
1942: From Winter to Summer
By the Ruins of Stalingrad
Turn of the Tide at Stalingrad
The Road to Rostov
Before the Battle of Kursk and at Its Beginning
To the Dnieper!
Kiev Is Ours Again!
We Liberate the Ukraine
Forward to Victory!
Postwar Reflections
The Far East After the Great Patriotic War
War Memoirs
Appendices
A Short Biography of N. S. Khrushchev
L. Lasochko. The Khrushchev Family Line: A Historical Note
Sergei Khrushchev. The History of the Creation and Publication of the Khrushchev Memoirs (1967–1999)
Conversation with N. S. Khrushchev at the Party Control Committee
Biographies
Index
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James Boehlke
reviewed Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev, Vol. 1 on August 05, 2012
Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev, Vol. 1
It took me longer than usual to read this one, and that was partly a combination of style and material. In modern Russian history, Boris Yeltsin is an important figure and one I admit I have very limited knowledge of. Hence my reading of Professor Colton's book.
The book, is at times, a difficult read structurally and in tone, and I believe is aimed at a more academic level than I was wanting. No great problem really, but it did force me to take it slower than usual and both helped (as it was digested in smaller chunks) and hindered (as I tended to lose the train of thought) my understanding.
And then there's the subject matter. Details seem to be sparse, and perhaps that's a function of Yeltsin himself and the fact that there are at least three (I think) autobiographies by Yeltsin out there that Prof Colton did not want to re-hash. I came away with (what I feel) is a limited understanding of Boris Yeltsin, rounded and covering the major themes no doubt, but lacking nuance. Whether it's my ability, the need to approach Prof Colton's book differently, or that it is all that can be gleaned I'm unsure.
It's worth the read, worth the effort, and perhaps those interested in Russian history will get more from it, or those who understand the (apparent) arguments about Boris Yeltsin's life and legacy.
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