Death of Stalin
By (Author) Sheila Fitzpatrick
Black Inc.
Black Inc.
3rd June 2025
Australia
General
Non Fiction
Paperback
176
Width 1mm, Height 1mm, Spine 1mm
1g
What happened when the terrifying Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, suddenly died Everyone remembers the bumbling characters around Stalin's deathbed in Armando Iannucci's film Death of Stalin, but who knows what actually came next Those bumblers from the Politburo, Stalin's heirs, immediately and efficiently launched into reforms across the board. Meanwhile, the West's vigilant Soviet-watchers almost completely missed the story ... In this vivid, deeply knowledgeable short book, award-winning historian Sheila Fitzpatrick offers a new look at a crucial moment in history.