The Wolf of the Kremlin: The First Biography of L.M. Kaganovich, the Soviet Union's Architect of Fear

by Stuart Kahan

This biography of Stalin's "Apparatus of Fear," Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich, details the atrocities he perpetrated, his position within the Soviet hierarchy, the truth behind Stalin's death and Anti-Party conspiracies, and other horrors Russians were forced to suffer

Genres: Politics, History, Biography

Hardcover

First published October 1, 1987

Reviews

[Goldenpipewrench . · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kahan went to the Soviet Union in 1981 and interviewed his UNCLE extensively -- in Yiddish -- to write this biography, and it is a goldmine of revelations.

A Very good book - Amazing revelations about this brutal butcher..

[G · Rating 1 out of 5]

What I learned from this book is that a great deal of biographies and historical books published in the 1980s were frauds. This book is chief among them.

I was really disappointed because the book is pretty well written. It claims to offer a great deal of inside information that the author claims to have heard directly from Lazar Kaganovich during personal interviews in the 1980s. What I learned later is that Kahan never interviewed Kaganovich and that he basically fabricated everything in the book. Therwfore, while I would ordinarily have given this book a favorable rating, I give it one star.

[GreyAtlas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Uhm, this does not seem like its true. More like a celebrity fever dream. Questionable ethics by the writer.

[Danne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite interesting, gives a slight new view regarding the inner circle of the court of the red tzar, for me personally i didnt know that Bulganin, also known as "the grey eminence" by some scholars was that high up in the hierarchy so early on as he apparently was, i thought he wasnt up there until sometime around the late 30s/early 40s, altough i think the author somehow "skipped by" both Jagoda and Jezjov, theyre mentioned but their importance is slightly underestimated, especially given what an impact they did have, and i also am not sure how much to believe in the "plot" and the actual going through with it, im sure it could have been some foul play behind Stalins death, even though he was on his 75th year (he was born 1878 and not 1879), i guess we will never be 100 percent certain. Anyhow in conclusion Id recommend this book to anyone interested in the Stalin era and the development of CCCP

[Monkey D Dragon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Become the last member of old bolshevik who died (5 month after his dead uni soviet collapse). his ambition to survive make a way for him to become one of the important figure in uni soviet. people may think he is ruthless and critize what he do. but in front of the regime of fear and terror, what can you do? the choice just between kill or being killed right?