Khrushchev's Memoirs - (Complete Translation) - (Complete Three Volumes)

Author: Nikita Khrushchev
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The three-volume Memoirs of Khrushchev (Complete Translation) Volume I recounts Khrushchev's political life experiences from the 1920s to the end of the Great Patriotic War in the 1940s. It evaluates and describes the assassination of Kirov, the Great Purge, the inner workings of the Central Committee representative elections, the Soviet-German political and military deals on the eve of World War II, the performance of military commanders and high-ranking officials during the war, and Stalin's actions both in public and behind the scenes. It also reviews the arduous struggle of the Soviet people from their initial setbacks in World War II to their eventual victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The three-volume Memoirs of Khrushchev (Complete Translation) Volume II tells the story of Khrushchev's most powerful period in his life, when he served as the leader of the Soviet Communist Party and government. It details the process of reclaiming the eastern wastelands and the large-scale construction of factory-style housing, emphasizing the importance of balancing expenditures to ensure national security. It also provides a detailed account of the formation of the new leadership after Stalin's death, the conflict between Khrushchev and Beria, and the motivations behind Khrushchev's report on Stalin's crimes before the Soviet people at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
The three-volume Memoirs of Khrushchev (Complete Translation) Volume III primarily focuses on Soviet international affairs, covering in varying detail the relationships between the Soviet Union and socialist countries as well as Khrushchev's attitudes toward their leaders. It particularly concentrates on reviewing and evaluating the Sino-Soviet relationship, offering personal explanations for the cooling, deterioration, and eventual break in relations, describing everything as seen from his perspective and providing valuable materials for reconstructing the historical picture of the evolution of Sino-Soviet relations.
This is the first-hand edited and compiled complete Chinese translation of the Memoirs of Khrushchev, the most authoritative and comprehensive version to date, personally edited and organized by Khrushchev's son, Sergei. Khrushchev's political career spanned several important historical periods of the Soviet Union from the October Revolution to the 1960s. After losing all his positions in the party and state in 1964, he began dictating his memoirs. To some extent, the memoirs present the political scenes of various historical periods in the Soviet Union, disclose long-kept secrets of the Soviet high leadership, and introduce the origins and developments of certain political events, making it an invaluable historical document.
This book is a selected translation of the memoirs of the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Khrushchev, recording major events that occurred before and after his tenure as the highest leader of the Soviet Union and important experiences in his political career. The book contains approximately 350,000 words, personally edited and organized by Khrushchev's son, Sergei, and is the most authoritative and complete Chinese translation of the Memoirs of Khrushchev to date.