{"product_id":"2026100007258-secondhand-power-and-the-soviet-elite-the-letter-of-an-old-bolshevik-and-other-essays","title":"Power And The Soviet Elite: \"The Letter Of An Old Bolshevik\" And Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the inner sanctums of the Bolshevik Revolution to the shadowy corridors of Stalinist terror, Power and the Soviet Elite presents a riveting collection of essays by one of the twentieth century's foremost authorities on Russian socialist history. At the heart of this volume sits the infamous Letter of an Old Bolshevik, a document that chronicles the desperate moral reckoning of a revolutionary generation confronted by Stalin's ruthless consolidation of power, illuminating the internal fractures and ideological betrayals that defined Soviet political life. Edited by Janet D. Zagoria, the collection assembles Nicolaevsky's most penetrating analyses of the men and mechanisms that shaped the Soviet ruling class, offering an unrivalled insider's perspective forged through decades of meticulous research and personal witness.\n\nBoris I. Nicolaevsky writes with the authority of a historian who lived through the era he dissects, and his prose carries the weight of both scholarship and lived experience — a rare combination that elevates this work far beyond conventional political history. The essays argue with forensic precision that power in the Soviet system was never ideological in any pure sense, but rather a brutal, personalised contest waged beneath the surface of revolutionary rhetoric. For students of Russian history, political theory, and Cold War studies alike, this collection remains an indispensable key to understanding how a movement born of utopian promise transformed into one of history's most formidable authoritarian regimes — and who, exactly, pulled the strings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130980868315,"sku":"2026100007258-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/db93ae7b-0d1d-4d56-af35-acd295dcbbbe.png?v=1786593529","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007258-secondhand-power-and-the-soviet-elite-the-letter-of-an-old-bolshevik-and-other-essays","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}