📚 2 Books mentioned in "Part Two: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer | BEHIND THE BASTARDS" of Behind the Bastards
Podcast: Behind the Bastards
Episode: Part Two: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Published on April 12, 2024
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Bloodlands
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Writing about this in the book 'Bloodlands,' historian Timothy Snyder claims the only national minority that was highly overrepresented at the end of the NKVD during the Great Terror were the Georgians—Stalin's own.
In this mention, the book 'Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin' by Timothy Snyder is referenced to discuss the ethnic purges within the NKVD. It is used to highlight how Georgians were notably overrepresented in the NKVD during the Great Terror, providing context and historical insight into the events at the time.
On Stalin's team
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Uh, Sheila Fitzpatrick, author of 'On Stalin's Team,' which is a book about said team, prefers this word; she uses the term team, but notes, 'quote, alternatives are available.'
The mention refers to the book 'On Stalin's Team' by Sheila Fitzpatrick, which explores Stalin's inner circle. The term 'komanda' is highlighted as the Russian word for team, reflecting the book's theme.