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Title Stalin and the Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940 / edited in Russian by E.N. Kulkov ; foreword by A.O. Chubaryan, introduced and edited in English by H. Shukman, translated by Tatyana Sokokina.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
©2002

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Description 1 online resource : maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cass series on the Soviet (Russian) study of war
Cass series on the Soviet (Russian) study of war.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Meeting of the Command Personnel at the Central Committee at the All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) for Collecting Experience in the War Operations against Finland, 14-17 April, Verbatim Record -- First Session, 14 April 1940, Evening -- Second Session, 15 April 1940, Morning -- Third Session, 15 April 1940, Evening -- Fourth Session, 16 April 1940, Morning -- Fifth Session, 16 April 1940, Evening -- Sixth Session, 17 April 1940, Morning -- Seventh Session, 17 April 1940, Evening.
Summary From 14-17 April 1940, a meeting was held in the Kremlin to examine and analyze the performance of the Red Army in the recent Soviet-Finnish War. The participants were all the army commanders who had taken part in the campaign, and some members of the Politburo, notably Stalin, Molotov and Voroshilov. This book is an English translation of the verbatim record held in the Russian State Socio-Political History Archives in Moscow. Marshals Kliment Voroshilov and Grigory Kulik co-chaired the sessions, but it was Stalin who guided the proceedings. Forty-six regimental, divisional, corps, army and front commanders, and senior Red Army officials delivered their reports and engaged in debate. Stalin gave a long speech at the closing of the last session in which he expounded his views on all aspects of military policy. This unique document is the sole verbatim record of a secret meeting at which fundamental issues of military policy and the state of the armed forces were discussed, and a programme of further military construction chartered. The report reveals the atmosphere of Soviet summits, as well as the mentality of senior figures. It conveys a real picture of the war through the eyes of the responsible participants, from political leaders to commanders of military units. The materials of the meeting are a valuable source for the study of the history of the Soviet Union and international relations during a time of complex diplomatic manoeuvring. They clarify the mechanisms of decision-making by Soviet leaders at the onset of the World War II, and depict specific features of the dictatorial autocracy which overwhelmingly determined the life of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Armed Forces.--Publisher description.
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Subject Russo-Finnish War (1939-1940)
Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940 -- Sources.
Genre/Form Sources.
Chronological Term 1939-1940
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Rzheshevskiĭ, O. A. (Oleg Aleksandrovich), 1924-
Kulʹkov, E. N. (Evgeniĭ Nikolaevich)
Shukman, Harold.
Sokokina, Tatyana.
Other Form: Print version: Kulkov, E.N. Stalin and the Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014 9780714652030
ISBN 9781135282943 (electronic book)
1135282943 (electronic book)
9781135283018
113528301X
9780714652030