{"product_id":"9781642599169","title":"The Moderate Bolshevik","description":"Author: Charters Wynn\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781642599169\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Aug 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 467\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMikhail Tomsky (1880-1936) was one of the most important and influential leaders of the early Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first English-language biography of Tomsky reveals his central role in all the key developments in early Soviet history, including the stormy debates over the role of unions in the self-proclaimed workers' state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharters Wynn's compelling account illuminates how the charismatic Tomsky rose from an impoverished working-class background and years of tsarist prison and Siberian exile to become both a Politburo member and the head of the trade unions, where he helped shape Soviet domestic and foreign policy along generally moderate lines throughout the 1920s. His failed attempt to block Stalin's catastrophic adoption of forced collectivization would tragically make Tomsky a prime target in the Great Purges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46836307296414,"sku":"ADS-9781642599169","price":62.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781642599169.jpg?v=1778737606","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781642599169","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}