Pages From Lenin's Life
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some edge wear and creasing, no major tears but notable shelf wear. Page Condition: Likely yellowed given age. Markings: no markings. Binding: Appears intact.
A firsthand biographical account, Pages From Lenin's Life is written by Lydia Fotieva, one of Vladimir Lenin's personal secretaries, who worked closely with the Soviet leader during some of the most pivotal years of the Russian Revolution and the early Soviet state. Drawing on direct personal experience, Fotieva chronicles intimate and revealing moments from Lenin's daily life, working habits, and character, offering a perspective unavailable to outside historians. The narrative presents Lenin not merely as a political icon but as a human being — detailing his discipline, intellectual rigor, and personal interactions with those around him. Published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Moscow, the work serves as both a historical document and a piece of Soviet-era memoir literature, invaluable to anyone studying Lenin, the Bolshevik Revolution, or early twentieth-century Russian politics.
Author: L. Fotieva
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, Foreign Languages Publishing House
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some edge wear and creasing, no major tears but notable shelf wear. Page Condition: Likely yellowed given age. Markings: no markings. Binding: Appears intact.
A firsthand biographical account, Pages From Lenin's Life is written by Lydia Fotieva, one of Vladimir Lenin's personal secretaries, who worked closely with the Soviet leader during some of the most pivotal years of the Russian Revolution and the early Soviet state. Drawing on direct personal experience, Fotieva chronicles intimate and revealing moments from Lenin's daily life, working habits, and character, offering a perspective unavailable to outside historians. The narrative presents Lenin not merely as a political icon but as a human being — detailing his discipline, intellectual rigor, and personal interactions with those around him. Published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Moscow, the work serves as both a historical document and a piece of Soviet-era memoir literature, invaluable to anyone studying Lenin, the Bolshevik Revolution, or early twentieth-century Russian politics.