–157,
162
,
284
foreign policy of (
See
Foreign policy)
and foreign press rumors of leadership struggle,
269
,
270
–271
funeral and ceremonial farewells,
314
,
317
–318
generalissimo rank of,
225
–226,
261
as general secretary of party,
66
–67,
108
grain expropriation policy of,
101
,
102
–104,
105
,
110
,
119
–120
health of,
145
,
189
–197,
303
historical interests of,
94
–95
-Hitler non-aggression pact,
165
–169,
174
ideological influences on,
7
,
93
–94
industrialization policy of,
108
–109,
117
,
124
–125,
267
,
298
,
299
inner circle of (
See
Inner circle)
and Kirov’s murder,
128
,
129
,
130
–134
Kremlin office of,
2
,
242
,
311
languages, knowledge of,
97
–98,
289
Lenin cited in speeches of,
93
-Lenin relationship,
25
,
28
,
46
,
54
,
64
–65,
67
–68,
69
–75, Gallery
5
Lenin’s attack on,
72
–74,
79
Lenin’s ideological influence on,
24
,
53
,
93
–94
Lenin’s revolutionary agenda supported by,
47
–49,
50
,
52
–53
letters from public sent to,
300
–301,
327
–329,
377
n35, n38
libraries of,
93
–96,
138
,
346
n5
literary tastes of,
17
,
93
,
95
–96
Mao’s visit to,
149
,
287
–288,
289
–293
marriage to Nadezhda Allilueva,
49
,
252
–256, Gallery
8
marriage to Yekaterina Svanidze,
25
,
27
,
250
–251
marshal rank of,
226
medical care of,
189
,
192
,
196
–197,
309
mental state of,
151
–153,
197
,
204
–205
on military professionals,
59
modest facade of,
148
–149
-Molotov relationship,
181
–182,
269
,
270
–272
musical tastes of,
97
name change of,
28
official trips of,
102
oratory of,
97
parents of,
11
,
13
, Gallery
1
personality of,
7
,
21
–22,
40
–41,
149
,
181
,
197
,
270
,
289
physical defects of,
13
–14,
190
plot against,
127
poetry of,
17
postwar challenges
to,
262
–263
power over subordinates,
1
,
144
–149
in power struggle for leadership,
75
–81,
86
–87
on preemptive strike,
182
–183
and private agriculture,
7
,
112
,
124
promotion of younger generation leaders,
177
,
181
,
196
public appearances of,
136
–137,
326
public image of,
329
–330
public sentiment at death of,
318
–319
radicalization during seminary years,
18
–20,
21
reading materials/information sources of,
92
–96,
327
reconciliation campaign of,
135
–136
reorganization of leadership,
178
–179,
272
–274,
303
,
306
–307
reorganization of military command,
237
–239,
273
–274
reorganization of political structure,
305
–306
research on (
See
Archival sources)
in revolution of 1905,
24
–25
in revolutionary movement,
42
,
43
–44,
46
–47,
51
rise in Bolshevik leadership ranks,
28
,
54
,
65
–66
romantic relationships of,
30
,
251
–252,
255
seats of power,
1
–2
and “Secret Five” leadership group,
177
–178
seventieth birthday celebration,
290
Siberian visit of 1928,
102
–104,
326
in Social Democratic movement,
18
,
19
,
21
,
22
–24
social gatherings of,
5
–7,
196
sovietization goal of,
171
–172
and Spanish Civil War,
154
state security controlled by,
39
–40,
145
,
158
succession to,
310
–316
theatrical tastes of,
97
in Tiflis weather station job,
21
-Trotsky conflict over Polish Front,
61
–63
as tsarist heir,
8
–9
vacations in south,
191
–194,
268
–269,
303
–304, Gallery
8
,
10
under Vlasik,
35
war preparations of,
183
–187
world-view of,
7
–8,
98
–99
writings of,
320
, Gallery
16
writing style of,
97
See also
Purges
Stalinist system
Terror
Stalin, Joseph, wartime leadership of: Gallery
11
at Berlin Conference,
247
–248
in Churchill meetings,
224
,
230
and collaborators with Nazi occupation,
232
combat operation directives in,
208
,
210
,
212
–213,
217
,
219
–221,
225
,
226
–227,
239
–240
Command Headquarters in,
202
defeats blamed on subordinates,
221
–223
and domestic policy,
240
–241
emissaries to front,
201
,
208
–209
ethnic deportations policy,
232
–234
explanation of Red Army retreat,
263
–265
in first days of war,
203
–205
front line visit of,
227
–228
and German invasion, reaction to,
187
–188,
198
–202
and health problems,
194
–196,
214
in Japanese war,
248
–249
and Lend–Lease aid,
211
–212
and mental health problem,
204
–205
and military command structure,
237
–239
and military leadership reorganization,
241
–242
and military staffing decisions,
220
–221
mistrust of Western Allies,
246
,
248
,
266
and Moscow evacuation,
214
–216
and prisoners of war procession,
231
propaganda campaign,
217
–219
radio address (3 July 1942),
207
and Red Army crimes against civilians,
234
–236
Red Army criticized by,
186
,
219
,
236
–237
and religious reconciliation,
242
–243
repressive measures in,
209
–210,
223
,
237
,
242
and second front plan,
223
–224,
229
,
230
State Defense Committee in,
205
–207
at Tehran Conference,
229
–230
at Yalta Conference,
244
–246, Gallery
12
Stalin, Nadezhda Allilueva (second wife): Gallery
8
biography of,
334
n8
career of,
252
–253
and Khrushchev,
333
n1
marriage of,
49
,
252
,
254
–255
suicide of,
3
,
255
–256
Stalin, Svetlana (daughter).
See
Allilueva (Alliluyeva), Svetlana Stalin, Vasily (son): Gallery
11
birth of,
152
childhood of,
254
,
256
death of,
260
public appearance of,
136
–137
relationship with father,
257
,
258
,
259
–260
at Stalin’s deathbed,
250
Stalin, Yakov (son): Gallery
11
birth of,
250
–251
childhood and youth of,
25
,
27
,
252
–253
as prisoner of war,
258
relationship with father,
253
,
257
Stalin, Yekaterina Svanidze (first wife),
25
,
27
,
250
–251
Stalin Collection of the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (RGASPI),
xii
i–xiv
Stalingrad, Battle of,
224
–225,
228
,
238
Stalingrad (Tsaritsyn), in Civil War,
54
–59
Stalinist system: beneficiaries of,
320
–322
campaigns and counter-campaigns of,
39
“inevitable Stalinism” theory,
xi
modernization as justification for,