Molotov: A Biography

by Derek Watson

This is the first comprehensive biography of Molotov and reflects the range of sources that have become available to historians since the fall of the USSR. It is a commentary on Soviet history. Molotov played his part in revolution, Civil War, Lenin's Russia, Stalin's struggle with the oppositions, collectivization, industrialization, the Terror, the Great Patriotic War, the beginnings of the Cold War, and in the Khrushchev era.

Genres: Biography

396 pages, Hardcover

First published October 21, 2005

Reviews

[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good history book – certainly the definitive English language one. I have some complaints, but overall very well done. Really sheds light on Molotov as an independent actor with his own agency, rather than taking his ideological position or bureaucratism for granted.