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Lenin - by Dmitri Volkogonov (Paperback)

Lenin - by  Dmitri Volkogonov (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Dmitri Volkogonov, the special assistant to Boris Yeltsin, uses secret Soviet archives to shift the perspective of Lenin's time as a leader, revealing the Founding Father as a cruel totalitarian responsible for some of the worst moments in the Soviet state. </b> <p/>In a biography that drastically changes the perception of Vladimir Lenin, a Soviet revolutionary, politician, and political theorist, numerous secrets are exposed from previously off-limits KGB archives. <p/>After three years of research through more than 3,700 once-secret documents, Volkogonov reveals the information found in the system concerning Lenin and his legacy, painting a compelling, shocking story about the Soviet founding father and the system he created. <p/>From the creation of concentration camps to brutal repression of church and the media, and the strategic cultivation of a cult of personality, <i>Lenin</i> reveals the truth behind the cruel and totalitarian leader's past.

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