История Советского Союза: От революции до второй мировой войны: Ленин и Сталин [Istoriia Sovetskogo Soiuza: Ot Revoliutsii do Vtoroi Mirovoi Voiny: Lenin i Stalin]
The Italian historian studies the period in Russian history from the October revolution of 1917 to the beginning of WW2. This is the first book of this kind translated into Russian. Includes extensive commentaries, bibliography and name index. See the continuation of this book 011987-2.
Historian and journalist, one of the most respected experts on the history of Eastern Europe, correspondent for the Italian Communists' newspaper Unita.
Joined the Communist Party of Italy in 1944, becoming a member of the underground cells in the concentration camp Fossoli where subsequently escaped. In 1953 he became the first post-war Italian permanent correspondent in Moscow.