- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Getty, J. Arch (John Arch), 1950-
- Published
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008
- Locale
- Soviet Union
- Contents
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Introduction: constructing the commissar
Epilogue as prologue: the commissar at work
The making of a Bolshevik
In the provinces
The party personnel system
Sorting out the comrades
Yezhov on the job: "cadres decide everything"
Yezhov and the Kirov assassination
Enemies large and small
Angling for the job.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Naumov, Oleg V.
Наумов, Олег В.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-272) and index.
Introduction: constructing the commissar -- Epilogue as prologue: the commissar at work -- The making of a Bolshevik -- In the provinces -- The party personnel system -- Sorting out the comrades -- Yezhov on the job: "cadres decide everything" -- Yezhov and the Kirov assassination -- Enemies large and small -- Angling for the job.
