The last days of Stalin. Rubinstein J.

The book of Joshua Rubinstein is an exciting story about the months before and after the death of Stalin and how they changed the course of the history of the XX century.

The sudden illness and death of Stalin in March 1953 were a complete surprise for many. The tyrant was full of grandiose plans, he was preparing to challenge the armed call to the newly elected US President Dwight Eisenhower, and in the country he initiated a brutal campaign against Soviet Jews, after which he intended to clean the highest leadership of the Communist Party. Now, old like -minded people of Stalin, have been waiting for many difficult dilemmas. In the countries of the socialist bloc, protest moods made themselves felt. Bright pages of the book are devoted to the confrontation of Beria, Malenkov, Khrushchev, a comparison of evidence of eyewitnesses of events with official published versions. Of particular interest are documents related to international relations, in particular with the reaction of the administration of Eisenhower and his closest assistants to the Kremlin initiatives after the death of Stalin.