Сталин. Большая книга интервью

V knigu voshli intervʹi͡u I. V. Stalina inostrannym korrespondentam i ego besedy s dei͡ateli͡ami kulʹtury i nauki. Sobrannye vmeste, oni predstavli͡ai͡ut svoeobraznyĭ avtoportret cheloveka, kotorogo odni nazyvali velikim vozhdem trudi͡ashchikhsi͡a vsego mira i ott͡som narodov, a drugie imenovali krasnym tiranom.V ofit͡sialʹnykh rechakh i vystuplenii͡akh trudno rassmotretʹ podlinnoe lit͡so cheloveka. Otvet na neozhidannyĭ vopros, liricheskoe otstuplenie v besede, mnenie o chem-libo udivivshem, ot͡senka maloznachitelʹnogo sobytii͡a, putanostʹ, nei͡asnostʹ rechi, prostota i chetkostʹ vyskazyvaniĭ, tverdostʹ i uverennostʹ ili shutka chastodai͡ut bolʹshe dli͡a ponimanii͡a togo ili inogo istoricheskogo dei͡ateli͡a, chem ego mnogotomnye biografii.V knigu vkli͡ucheny neskolʹko znamenitykh prikazov Stalina i ego neobychnye pisʹma k materi.

The book includes Stalin's interviews with foreign correspondents and his conversations with cultural and scientific figures. Gathered together, they represent a kind of self-portrait of a man whom some called the great leader of the working people of the whole world and the father of nations, while others called the red tyrant.In official speeches and speeches, it is difficult to see the true face of a person. An answer to an unexpected question, a lyrical digression in a conversation, an opinion about something that surprised, an assessment of an insignificant event, confusion, ambiguity of speech, simplicity and clarity of statements, firmness and confidence, or a joke are often more important for understanding a historical figure than his multi-volume biographies.The book includes several of Stalin's famous orders and his unusual letters to his mother.