: Readers get "fascinating" and sometimes "chilling" portraits of prominent figures, including a "crafty and brutal" Stalin and an "indomitable" Lenin.
Molotov Remembers: Inside Kremlin Politics is an invaluable historical document that provides a rare, firsthand look into the inner workings of the Soviet Union from its earliest days through the height of the Cold War. Molotov Remembers: Inside Kremlin Politics
The book is not a traditional memoir but a collection of 139 conversations between Vyacheslav Molotov—one of the most powerful and long-serving Soviet leaders—and the Russian writer Felix Chuev. These interviews took place over a 17-year period between 1969 and Molotov’s death in 1986. These interviews took place over a 17-year period
: Molotov remains an "unregenerate Stalinist," offering insights into the Nazi-Soviet pact, the collectivization of peasant farms, and the liquidation of the "kulaks". the collectivization of peasant farms