Yezhov; The Rise of Stalin's "Iron Fist" (Portraits of Revolution Series)

by J. Arch Getty (Author), Oleg V. Naumov (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2008

  $82.46

  Head of the secret police from 1937 to 1938, N I Yezhov was a foremost Soviet leader during these years, second in power only to Stalin himself. Under Yezhov's orders, millions of arrests, imprisonments, deportations, and executions were carried out. This book looks into the life and career of this man who administered Stalin's Great Terror.