1. Vostochnaya Evropa v dokumentakh rossiiskikh arkhivov, 1944–1953 gg., vol. 1, pp. 118–33.
2. Ibid., p. 303.
3. Ibid., p. 443.
4. See G. Dimitrov’s letter to Molotov about the composition of the Polish communist leadership, 18 January 1944: SSSR — Pol’sha. Mekhanizmy podchineniya. 1944–1949. Sbornik dokumentov, pp. 21–2. On the attitude of communists of Jewish background see Jakub Berman’s testimony in T. Toranska, Oni: Stalin’s Polish Puppets, p. 321.
5. See M. Mazower, Dark Continent, pp. 12–25.
6. The Cominform: Minutes of the Three Conferences, p. 82.
7. Ibid., pp. 226 and 244.
8. Ibid., p. 240.
9. Ibid., pp. 296 and 302.
10. See S. Pons, ‘The Twilight of the Cominform’, in ibid., pp. 483–4.
11. Ibid., pp. 496–7.
12. Ibid., pp. 610–19.
13. See L. Gibianskii, editorial comment in ibid., p. 654.
14. See below, pp. 567–9.
15. See below, pp. 576–7.
1. S. Allilueva, Dvadtsat’ pisem k drugu, p. 177. Svetlana in this memoir fudged the fact that they stayed in separate dachas.
2. Visit by author: 11 September 2002. I am grateful to Liana Khvarchelia and Manana Gurgulia for their efforts in obtaining access to the dacha for me.
3. Quoted in D. Volkogonov, Triumf i tragediya: politicheskii portret I. V. Stalina, vol. 1, part 1, p. 41.
4. Unpublished memoirs of Kandide Charkviani, p. 55.
5. A. Mgeladze, Stalin, kakim ya ego znal, p. 65; Molotov. Poluderzhavnyi vlastelin, pp. 65 and 181.
6. Interview with L. F. Ilichev: ‘Stalin i “Pravda”: rabochii kontakt’.
7. See Y. Gorlicki and O. Khlevniuk, Cold Peace, pp. 19–29.
8. See below, p. 567–8.
9. Politbyuro TsK VKP(b) i Sovet Ministrov SSSR, 1945–1953, p. 313.
10. Ibid., pp. 326–7.
11. Ibid., p. 200.
12. Politbyuro TsK VKP(b) i Sovet Ministrov SSSR, 1945–1953, p. 198.
13. Ibid., p. 224.
14. T. Toranska, Oni: Stalin’s Polish Puppets, p. 235.
15. A. Mgeladze, Stalin, kakim ya ego znal, p. 113.
16. V. Semichastnyi, Bespokoinoe serdtse, p. 41. Apparently Khrushchev tried to maintain a more conventional life-style schedule: ibid., p. 46.
17. A. A. Gromyko, Pamyatnoe, vol. 2, p. 326.
18. Testimony of Yakub Berman: T. Toranska, Oni: Stalin’s Polish Puppets, p. 337.
19. K. Simonov, Glazami cheloveka moego pokoleniya, p. 139.
20. K. Simonov, Glazami cheloveka moego pokoleniya, p. 139.
21. P. A. Sudoplatov and A. Sudoplatov, Special Tasks, p. 328
22. Politbyuro TsK VKP(b) i Sovet Ministrov SSSR, pp. 28–9.
23. Ibid., pp. 30–2 and 51.
24. Ibid., p. 29.
25. Ibid., pp. 421–31. See Y. Gorlizki, ‘Stalin’s Cabinet: The Politburo and Decision-Making in the Post-War Years’ for a fuller account.
26. Neizvestnyi Zhukov, pp. 476–7.
27. See below, p. 534–5.
1. O. V. Khlevnyuk, ‘Stalin i Molotov. Edinolichnaya diktatura i predposylki “oligarkhizatsiya”’, p. 281.
2. Ibid., pp. 283–4.
3. Ibid., p. 26.
4. ‘Dve besedy I. V. Stalina s General’nym Sekretarem Ob”edinennykh Natsii Tryugve Li’, Novaya i noveishaya istoriya, no. 3 (2001), pp. 111–12.
5. Politbyuro TsK VKP(b) i Sovet Ministrov SSSR, 1945–1953, pp. 32–3.
6. Ibid., pp. 205–6.
7. Molotov. Poluderzhavnyi vlastelin, p. 377.
8. A. Mikoyan, Tak bylo, p. 466.
9. Ibid., po. 496–8.
10. Ibid., p. 535.
11. See Y. Gorlizki, ‘Party Revivalism and the Death of Stalin’.
12. Testimony of A. M. Vasilevski: G. A. Kumanev (ed.), Ryadom so Stalinym, pp. 237–40.
13. A. Mikoyan, Tak bylo, p. 559.
14. The ‘Russian’ factor in the Leningrad Affair is downplayed in the recent outstanding account by Y. Gorlizki and O. Khlevniuk, Cold Peace, pp. 79–95. I remain impressed, however, by documents and memoirs asserting the significance of this factor.
15. Politbyuro TsK VKP(b) i Sovet Ministrov SSSR, 1945–1953, pp. 66–7 and 246.
16. A. Mikoyan, Tak bylo, p. 559.
17. See above, pp. 513–14.
18. A. Mikoyan, Tak bylo, p. 565.
19. I want to acknowledge my thanks to Geoffrey Hosking for our lengthy discussions about this matter.
1. Slovo tovarishchu Stalinu, p. 466.
2. Ibid., pp. 470–2.
3. Ibid.,p. 471.
4. Speech by G. M. Malenkov, Cominform: Minutes of the Three Confererences, p. 82.
5. Istoriya Sovetskoi politicheskoi tsenzury, p. 507. In 1946 there were still sixteen
