Memories of a former secretary of Stalin. How I became an anti-communist

The book describes in detail the backstage political intrigues in the Kremlin, starting with the exile of Trotsky, as well as the subsequent actions of Stalin to eliminate his associates and rivals - Kamenev, Zinoviev, Rykova, Frunze, Bukharin ... since the author was five years old, he was the personal secretary of Stalin, him The story is a valuable source of information from an eyewitness of events that observed the work of the state apparatus from the inside.
Bazhanov was deeply disappointed in communism and, becoming a defector, left Russia. Reading his memories, you understand why this happened and how much the real picture of the events of that time differs from the one that is presented to the masses