The Shadow of the Leader
11 hrs. 55 min.
Description
Lyev Mekhlis was called “Stalin’s Shadow” and “Stalin’s Right Hand,” but the definition “a loyal comrade” suits him best. Mekhlis’s memoirs about Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin and his work in various positions cover the period from 1921 to 1950.
For the first publication, memories were selected from Lyev Mekhlis’s recollections concerning the years 1921–1930, when Lyev Zakharovich worked directly under I. V. Stalin’s leadership (including as the Vождя’s personal assistant). Also included are recollections about Mekhlis’s work in 1942 as a representative of the Supreme High Command Stavka on the Crimean Front.
The first part of the memoirs is interesting both as testimony from an eyewitness and participant regarding the creation of the Soviet state apparatus.
The second part covers a period that became one of the hardest in Mekhlis’s life. Lyev Zakharovich explains why he ended up in the role of the “scapegoat,” on whom all the errors of frontline command were dumped—including the ones he actively tried to prevent.
For the first publication, memories were selected from Lyev Mekhlis’s recollections concerning the years 1921–1930, when Lyev Zakharovich worked directly under I. V. Stalin’s leadership (including as the Vождя’s personal assistant). Also included are recollections about Mekhlis’s work in 1942 as a representative of the Supreme High Command Stavka on the Crimean Front.
The first part of the memoirs is interesting both as testimony from an eyewitness and participant regarding the creation of the Soviet state apparatus.
The second part covers a period that became one of the hardest in Mekhlis’s life. Lyev Zakharovich explains why he ended up in the role of the “scapegoat,” on whom all the errors of frontline command were dumped—including the ones he actively tried to prevent.
12:01
00_Ot redaktsii
22:15
01_Chast pervaya. 1921–1930 gody. Rabota pod rukovodstvom I. V. Stalina
50:57
02_14 yanvarya 1951 goda
57:37
03_Otstoyali, teper nado otstroit!
56:58
04_Trotskiy
1:05:34
05_Zinovev, Kamenev i prochie oppozitsionery. Popytka perevorota v 1925 godu. Krupskaya
54:57
06_Buharin, chelovek s kamnem za pazuhoy. Gazeta «Pravda»
1:16:54
07_Uroki 20-h godov
28:56
08_Borba tovarischa Stalina s vragami v armii i organah
23:31
09_Rabota tovarischa Stalina po ukrepleniyu mezhdunarodnogo avtoriteta partii i SSSR
10:21
10_Stalinskiy podhod k upravleniyu narodnym hozyaystvom
06:26
11_Chast vtoraya. 1942 god. Lev Mehlis – predstavitel stavki verhovnogo glavnokomandovaniya na Krymskom fronte
23:11
12_Yanvar 1942-go goda. Krym
18:18
13_Tolbuhin
22:32
14_Pervoe vpechatlenie ot shtaba Krymskogo fronta
58:07
15_Proiski Kozlova za moey spinoy
1:09:52
16_Popytki nastupleniya v marte 1942-go goda i nemetskoe kontrnastuplenie v mae 1942-go goda
57:16
17_Popytki nastupleniya v marte 1942-go goda i nemetskoe kontrnastuplenie v mae 1942-go goda
