Kremlin wives

Author(s)

• Vasilʹeva, L. N. (Larisa Nikolaevna)
• Porter, Cathy

Bibliographic Information

Kremlin wives

Larissa Vasilieva ; edited and translated by Cathy Porter

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994

Other Title

Kremlevskie zheny

Note

Bibliography: p. 227-232

Includes index

Translated from the Russian

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Spanning the years from the foundation of the Soviet state in 1918 to the collapse of Perestroika, this book explores how the wives of the USSR's leaders lived, worked, bore children, fell in love and shot themselves. From Lenin's faithful partner Nadezhda Krupskaya, through the beautiful, free-loving Alexandra Kollontai, Stalin's terrified 17-year-old bride Nadezhda Alliluyeva, the wives of Kruschev and Andropov, finally to "modern" Raisa Gorbachev, we see the powerbroking of Soviet history revealed from a fresh and fascinating perspective.

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Details

• NCID: BA25464399
• ISBN:
  • 0297814052
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: rus
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 241 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 947.084
  • DC20 : 947.084/092/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Statesmen's wives -- Soviet Union -- Biography
  • LCSH : Soviet Union -- Politics and government