n Stalin's Shadow:: The Career of Sergo Ordzhonikidze (The New Russian History) by Khlevniuk, Oleg V.; Raleigh, Donald J. (editor); Nordlander, David J. (translator) - 1995

Armonk, NY, U.S.A.: M. E. Sharpe, 1995. This is a study of one of Stalin's closest associates, a fellow Georgian, member of the Politburo, and one of the most powerful and influential economic managers, who died under mysterious circumstances in 1937; based on documents in newly opened Communist Party and Soviet government archives, the author examines the relationship between Stalin and Ordzhonikidze in order to probe the role of the Politburo in Soviet policy and the possibility of opposition to Stalin by party leaders (maroon cloth with black lettering on front & spine; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.