1. Vostochnaya Evropa v dokumentakh rossiiskikh arkhivov, 1944–1953 gg.
, vol. 1, pp. 118–33.2. Ibid.
, p. 303.3. Ibid.
, p. 443.4. See G. Dimitrov’s letter to Molotov about the composition of the Polish communist leadership, 18 January 1944: SSSR — Pol’sha. Mekhanizmy podchineniya. 1944–1949. Sbornik dokumentov
, pp. 21–2. On the attitude of communists of Jewish background see Jakub Berman’s testimony in T. Toranska, Oni: Stalin’s Polish Puppets, p. 321.5. See M. Mazower, Dark Continent
, pp. 12–25.6. The Cominform: Minutes of the Three Conferences
, p. 82.7. Ibid.
, pp. 226 and 244.8. Ibid.
, p. 240.9. Ibid.
, pp. 296 and 302.10. See S. Pons, ‘The Twilight of the Cominform’, in ibid.
, pp. 483–4.11. Ibid.
, pp. 496–7.12. Ibid.
, pp. 610–19.13. See L. Gibianskii, editorial comment in ibid.
, p. 654.14. See below, pp. 567–9.
15. See below, pp. 576–7.
48. Stalinist Rulership
1. S. Allilueva, Dvadtsat’ pisem k drugu
, p. 177. Svetlana in this memoir fudged the fact that they stayed in separate dachas.2. Visit by author: 11 September 2002. I am grateful to Liana Khvarchelia and Manana Gurgulia for their efforts in obtaining access to the dacha for me.
3. Quoted in D. Volkogonov, Triumf i tragediya: politicheskii portret I. V. Stalina
, vol. 1, part 1, p. 41.4. Unpublished memoirs of Kandide Charkviani, p. 55.
5. A. Mgeladze, Stalin, kakim ya ego znal
, p. 65; Molotov. Poluderzhavnyi vlastelin, pp. 65 and 181.6. Interview with L. F. Ilichëv: ‘Stalin i “Pravda”: rabochii kontakt’.
7. See Y. Gorlicki and O. Khlevniuk, Cold Peace
, pp. 19–29.8. See below, p. 567–8.
9. Politbyuro TsK VKP(b) i Sovet Ministrov SSSR, 1945–1953
, p. 313.10. Ibid.
, pp. 326–7.11. Ibid.
, p. 200.12. Politbyuro TsK VKP(b) i Sovet Ministrov SSSR, 1945–1953
, p. 198.13. Ibid.
, p. 224.14. T. Toranska, Oni: Stalin’s Polish Puppets
, p. 235.15. A. Mgeladze, Stalin, kakim ya ego znal
, p. 113.16. V. Semichastnyi, Bespokoinoe serdtse
, p. 41. Apparently Khrushchëv tried to maintain a more conventional life-style schedule: ibid., p. 46.17. A. A. Gromyko, Pamyatnoe
, vol. 2, p. 326.18. Testimony of Yakub Berman: T. Toranska, Oni: Stalin’s Polish Puppets
, p. 337.19. K. Simonov, Glazami cheloveka moego pokoleniya
, p. 139.20. K. Simonov, Glazami cheloveka moego pokoleniya
, p. 139.21. P. A. Sudoplatov and A. Sudoplatov, Special Tasks
, p. 32822. Politbyuro TsK VKP(b) i Sovet Ministrov SSSR
, pp. 28–9.23. Ibid.
, pp. 30–2 and 51.24. Ibid.
, p. 29.25. Ibid.
, pp. 421–31. See Y. Gorlizki, ‘Stalin’s Cabinet: The Politburo and Decision-Making in the Post-War Years’ for a fuller account.26. Neizvestnyi Zhukov
, pp. 476–7.27. See below, p. 534–5.
49. Policies and Purges
1. O. V. Khlevnyuk, ‘Stalin i Molotov. Edinolichnaya diktatura i predposylki “oligarkhizatsiya”’, p. 281.
2. Ibid.
, pp. 283–4.3. Ibid.
, p. 26.4. ‘Dve besedy I. V. Stalina s General’nym Sekretarëm Ob”edinënnykh Natsii Tryugve Li’, Novaya i noveishaya istoriya
, no. 3 (2001), pp. 111–12.5. Politbyuro TsK VKP(b) i Sovet Ministrov SSSR, 1945–1953
, pp. 32–3.6. Ibid.
, pp. 205–6.7. Molotov. Poluderzhavnyi vlastelin
, p. 377.8. A. Mikoyan, Tak bylo
, p. 466.9. Ibid.
, po. 496–8.10. Ibid.
, p. 535.11. See Y. Gorlizki, ‘Party Revivalism and the Death of Stalin’.
12. Testimony of A. M. Vasilevski: G. A. Kumanëv (ed.), Ryadom so Stalinym
, pp. 237–40.13. A. Mikoyan, Tak bylo
, p. 559.14. The ‘Russian’ factor in the Leningrad Affair is downplayed in the recent outstanding account by Y. Gorlizki and O. Khlevniuk, Cold Peace
, pp. 79–95. I remain impressed, however, by documents and memoirs asserting the significance of this factor.15. Politbyuro TsK VKP(b) i Sovet Ministrov SSSR, 1945–1953
, pp. 66–7 and 246.16. A. Mikoyan, Tak bylo
, p. 559.17. See above, pp. 513–14.
18. A. Mikoyan, Tak bylo
, p. 565.19. I want to acknowledge my thanks to Geoffrey Hosking for our lengthy discussions about this matter.
50. Emperor Worship
1. Slovo tovarishchu Stalinu
, p. 466.