{"product_id":"lenin-a-new-biography-9781476764849","title":"Lenin: A New Biography","description":"\u003cb\u003eDmitri Volkogonov, the special assistant to Boris Yeltsin, uses secret Soviet archives to shift the perspective of Lenin's time as a leader, revealing the Founding Father as a cruel totalitarian responsible for some of the worst moments in the Soviet state. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a biography that drastically changes the perception of Vladimir Lenin, a Soviet revolutionary, politician, and political theorist, numerous secrets are exposed from previously off-limits KGB archives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter three years of research through more than 3,700 once-secret documents, Volkogonov reveals the information found in the system concerning Lenin and his legacy, painting a compelling, shocking story about the Soviet founding father and the system he created. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the creation of concentration camps to brutal repression of church and the media, and the strategic cultivation of a cult of personality, \u003ci\u003eLenin\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the truth behind the cruel and totalitarian leader's past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDmitry Antonovich Volkogonov was a Soviet and Russian historian and colonel general who was head of the Soviet military's psychological warfare department.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50466410791186,"sku":"9781476764849","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d9475349-fd31-462d-af95-fba19d8ddf09.jpg?v=1730121083","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lenin-a-new-biography-9781476764849","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}