Oleg Khlevniuk
Encyclopedia
Oleg V. Khlevniuk is a senior researcher at the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow
. Much of his writing on Stalin
ist Soviet Union
is based on newly released archival documents, including personal correspondence, drafts of Central Committee paperwork, new memoirs, and interviews with former functionaries and the families of Politburo
members.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. Much of his writing on Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
ist Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
is based on newly released archival documents, including personal correspondence, drafts of Central Committee paperwork, new memoirs, and interviews with former functionaries and the families of Politburo
Politburo
Politburo , literally "Political Bureau [of the Central Committee]," is the executive committee for a number of communist political parties.-Marxist-Leninist states:...
members.
Works
Publications:- The History of the Gulag originally published in Russian.
- Cold Peace: Stalin And The Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945-1953
- The role of Gosplan in economic decision-making in the 1930s
- In Stalin's shadow: the career of "Sergo" Ordzhonikidze