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Molotov: A Biography

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Derek Watson

    1. Centre for Russian and East European Studies, The University of Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Making of a Revolutionary, 1890–1917

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 4-23

  4. Forging the Bolshevik Regime

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 24-40

  5. Party Secretary

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 41-59

  6. The Struggle with the Oppositions 1925–1927

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 60-72

  7. Stalin’s Lieutenant 1927–1929

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 73-88

  8. Change and Consolidation 1929–1930

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 89-104

  9. Head of Government

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 105-127

  10. Molotov and the Terror 1934–1938

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 128-145

  11. 1939 — Molotov Becomes Foreign Minister

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 146-165

  12. The Nazi-Soviet Pact and After 1939–1941

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 166-186

  13. The Great Patriotic War

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 187-198

  14. The Diplomat at War

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 199-220

  15. Stalin’s Last Years 1945–1953

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 221-243

  16. Unrepentant Stalinist 1953–1957

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 244-268

  17. The Outcast

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 269-272

  18. Conclusion

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 273-276

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 277-376
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About this book

This is the first comprehensive biography of Molotov and reflects the range of sources that have become available to historians since the fall of the USSR. It is a commentary on Soviet history. Molotov played his part in revolution, Civil War, Lenin's Russia, Stalin's struggle with the oppositions, collectivization, industrialization, the Terror, the Great Patriotic War, the beginnings of the Cold War, and in the Khrushchev era.

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  • Centre for Russian and East European Studies, The University of Birmingham, UK

    Derek Watson

About the author

DEREK WATSON is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. He studied history at Sheffield University where he was awarded a PhD degree. After thirty years of teaching and holding senior administrative positions in higher education, he retired in 1991 to concentrate on research and writing. He is the author of Molotov and Soviet Government: Sovnarkom 1930-41 and a number of articles on Soviet history, including foreign policy.

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