Nikolay Bukharin: The Last Years (English and Russian Edition) - Hardcover

Nikolai Bukharin was one of the most eminent leaders and theoreticians of the Bolsheviks, a man who had become famous long before the Russian Revolution. He was idolized by the youth of Soviet Russia, who identified with him and drew much of their inspiration from his writings. Prominent among the organizers of the revolution, he served for twenty years on the Central Committee and for ten years as a member of the Politburo. From 1917 to 1929 he was in charge of the newspaper Pravda, and though he and Lenin often disagreed, Lenin referred to him in his Testament as "deservedly the favorite of the Party." On the night of March 15,1938, after a lengthy trial initiated by Stalin for "crimes against the Party", Nikolai Bukharin and seventeen comrades were executed. To this day, although some efforts are being made to restore his name, it is still banned in the Soviet Union. Now, working from previously unavailable sources and interviews, the Soviet historian Roy A. Medvedev gives us a clear view of the dramatic events of the Soviet purges and the last years of this sensitive, betrayed hero. Roy A. Medvedev gives a clear view of the dramatic events of the Soviet purges and the last years of this sensitive, betrayed hero. Needless to say, this book will not be published in the Soviet Union.