Memories of the former secretary of Stalin

The memoirs of Boris Georgievich Bazhanov (1900-1982) are one of the first memoirs telling about the system of making political decisions in the USSR in the period 1923-1926, which unfolded in the Central Committee, the struggle for power between Stalin, Trotsky and Zinoviev after Lenin’s departure from business and after his death. The author gives the characteristics of the leaders of the Central Committee, including Stalin, Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Bukharin, Rykov, Molotov, Berries and others.
For the first time this book was published in French in Paris in 1930 and was soon reprinted in many other European languages. In this publication, the memoirs of B.G. Bazhanova is presented with great reductions