Myths of the Stalin era

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin ... The state leader who ruled the most in the latest history of our country and made it superpower, the supreme commander in chief of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War ... Interest in his personality over the years does not only weaken, on the contrary, Stalin from Every year they are increasingly discussing in the media space. However, against the background of a media shum, it is almost impossible to meet serious, balanced assessments of a person who left a truly indelible mark in the history of Russia. The genuine Joseph Stalin and his era were completely hidden from us behind the frequency of leisure speculation and frank myths.
The new book of a famous historian and journalist impartially debunk the most common and topical myths about the Stalinist era. How did Stalin actually headed the Soviet Union? What were the true goals of collectivization and industrialization? How did the NKVD become an omnipotent department and how did the concept of "enemy of the people have appeared in Soviet criminal law? What exactly was the impetus for the creation of the main antibrand of our country - the Gulag? Was the “Tukhachevsky’s plot” existed in reality and does Stalin have a personal attitude to the execution of Polish officers in Katyn? What secrets still keep the legendary attempt on the Soviet leader in 1944? What is the genuine story, the glorified "meeting place cannot be changed ...", gangs "Black Cat"? Was the Victory Day celebrated in the Stalinist USSR? Finally, what are the real figures of the victims of the Stalin era and what is the main mystery of the death of the leader?