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Khrushchev: The Man and His Era

William Taubman

Drawing on newly opened archives in Russia and Ukraine, Taubman (political science, Amherst College) writes a thorough biography of one of the most complex and important political figures of the 20th century whose life and career spanned revolution, civil war, famine, collectivization, industrialization, terror, world war, the Cold War, Stalinism, and post-Stalinism. Includes two sections of good quality b&w photographs.

BiographyBiography · high confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 -> BiographyOpen Library: Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography -> BiographyPresidential BiographyEurope & RussiaPresidency & Executive Power

Award History

2 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor2004WinnerSecondary source
National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyMajor2003WinnerSecondary source
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