Yezhov: The Rise of Stalin's Iron Fist

by J. Arch Getty and Oleg V. Naumov

The definitive study of Nikolai Yezhov's rise to become the chief of Stalin's secret police--and the dictator's "iron fist"--during the Great Terror

Head of the secret police from 1937 to 1938, N. I. Yezhov was a foremost Soviet leader during these years, second in power only to Stalin himself. Under Yezhov's orders, millions of arrests, imprisonments, deportations, and executions were carried out. This book, based upon unprecedented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300092059
• ISBN13: 9780300092059
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"