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Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography, 1888-1938

by Stephen F. Cohen · 1973

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This classic biography carefully traces Bukharin's rise to and fall from power, focusing particularly on the development of his theories and programmatic ideas during the critical period between Lenin's death in 1924 and the ascendancy of Stalin in 1929.

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long · 560 pages

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