Boris Georgiyevich Bazhanov (Russian: Бори́с Гео́ргиевич Бажа́нов; 9 August 1900 – 30 December 1982) was a secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union who published memoirs about Stalin and his secrets.
Bazhanov was the personal secretary of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin from August 1923 to 1925 and held several prominent positions in the Politburo until defecting from the Soviet Union in 1928.[1][2] Bazhanov was granted French citizenship and survived subsequent Soviet assassination attempts, writing and publishing memoirs and books from 1930 about Stalin and the secrets behind the Stalin regime. Bazhanov was the only member of Stalin's Secretariat to defect, and one of the first major defectors from the Eastern Bloc.
David W. Doyle, who translated Bazhanov's book "Bazhanov and the Damnation of Stalin", described him as "a usually reliable source," but that "he should be read with caution where he displays bias or discusses his own motive".[3] Similarly, Western historian Robert Conquest, viewed his account as "very useful, though not always authenticable".[4]
^Krasnov, Vladislav (1985). Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List. Hoover Press. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-8179-8231-0. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
^Medvedev, Roy Aleksandrovich (1989). Let History Judge: The Origins and Consequences of Stalinism. Columbia University Press. pp. 89. ISBN 0-231-06350-4. Retrieved 6 November 2008. Bazhanov.
^Bazhanov 1990, p. 13.
^Conquest, Robert (1991). Stalin: Breaker of Nations. Viking. p. 331. ISBN 978-0-670-84089-2.
Boris Georgiyevich Bazhanov (Russian: Бори́с Гео́ргиевич Бажа́нов; 9 August 1900 – 30 December 1982) was a secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist...
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needed to rejuvenate the Soviet system. According to Stalin's secretary, BorisBazhanov, Lenin “in general leaned towards a collegial leadership, with Trotsky...
contrast between Stalinism and Leninism." According to Stalin's secretary, BorisBazhanov, Stalin was jubilant over Lenin's death while “publicly putting on the...
of relative stability, economic recovery and foreign policy success. BorisBazhanov: Stalin – Der rote Diktator. Berlin 1931 (p. 122–131 – a source for...
249, 418; Service 2000, p. 465; White 2001, p. 174. Bazhanov, Boris; Doyle, David W. (1990). Bazhanov and the Damnation of Stalin. Ohio University Press...
Life. Routledge. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-135-75840-0. Bazhanov, Boris; Doyle, David W. (1990). Bazhanov and the Damnation of Stalin. Ohio University Press...
faction" and a "true Russian faction" in Bolshevism. Stalin's secretary BorisBazhanov stated that Stalin made crude antisemitic outbursts even before Lenin's...
defector and former Stalin personal secretary, BorisBazhanov. In fact, the information comes from Bazhanov himself. Although it became common gossip among...
Russia 1924 Defected during tour of Germany to the Weimar Republic BorisBazhanov Politburo Secretary Russia 1928 Defected to France via Iran and India...
"undoubtedly" weakened the nation. According to Stalin's secretary, BorisBazhanov, Stalin was jubilant over Lenin's death while "publicly putting on the...
Back Through the Years. Mehring Books. pp. 298–299. Bazhanov, Boris; Doyle, David W. (1990). Bazhanov and the Damnation of Stalin. Ohio University Press...
placed him in the position due to his Russian, peasant background. When BorisBazhanov, Stalin's personal secretary who had defected to France in 1928, produced...
(1929). Mexico and Its Heritage. Century Company. Bazhanov, Boris; Doyle, David W. (30 April 1990). Bazhanov and the damnation of Stalin. Ohio University Press...
Corporation. Both men were drowned. The high-ranking Soviet defector BorisBazhanov was convinced that Sklyansky had been drowned on Stalin's orders, and...
genetic material. January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: BorisBazhanov, Joseph Stalin's personal secretary, crosses the border to Iran to defect...
principal body of the state." BorisBazhanov, the private secretary of Joseph Stalin, echoed the same sentiments. According to Bazhanov appointment of people's...
failed in the task of dispatching back to the Soviet Union the defector BorisBazhanov, Joseph Stalin's former assistant. In April 1928, he returned to Moscow...
faction" and a "true Russian faction" in Bolshevism. Stalin's secretary BorisBazhanov stated that Stalin made crude antisemitic outbursts even before Lenin's...
where the rubber plantations brutally exploited slave labor. 1930 BorisBazhanov Male CPSU Secretariat Stalin's personal secretary, who fled abroad in...
Agabekov ("Crook") was organised in Paris in August 1937 by Korotkov. BorisBazhanov detailed in his version that the NKVD provoked Agabekov to participate...
членов «трудовой крестьянской партии» «в закрытом порядке». — From BorisBazhanov, Воспоминания бывшего секретаря Сталина. p. 215 Thomas Lahusen (1997)...
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