The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive

Was Lenin a visionary whose ideals were subverted by his followers? Or was he a cynical misanthrope, even crueler than Stalin? This book, which contains documents from the Lenin archive in Russia, lays bare Lenin the man and the politician, leaving little doubt that he was a ruthless and manipulative leader who used terror, subversion, and persecution to achieve his goals.

• Author
• Vladimir Lenin, Richard Pipes

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 216

• Series
• Annals of Communism

• Publisher
• Yale University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780300069198

• Genres
• russia, history, biography

• Release date
• 1996