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43 · POWER: STALIN OUT OF THE SHADOWS

1.
Fall of the Winter Palace: Trotsky,
Stalin
, pp. 228–34. Radzinsky,
Stalin
, pp. 115–19, rapes and Lenin takes off makeup. CC sittings: Y. Lutsky,
Voprosy Istorii KPSS
, no. 11, 1986, pp. 81–90. Rabinowitch,
The Bolsheviks Come to Power
, pp. 269–70, 276–92, including red lantern, faulty cannons, drinking, delays and bungles. Lincoln, pp. 446–57, including drinking at palace. Figes, pp. 485–95. Theatres, etc.: Reed, p. 95; Congress of Soviets, pp. 98–99; Trotsky, p. 104; spank you, pp. 106–7; looting, servants, pp. 108–10. Sagirashvili, pp. 193–200, 203–4, 238, 248–52.

2.
Sleep, 25–26 Oct.: Trotsky,
Stalin
, pp. 228–34. CC sittings: Y. Lutsky,
Voprosy Istorii KPSS
, no. 11, 1986, pp. 81–90. Lincoln, pp. 452–55. Rabinowitch,
The Bolsheviks Come to Power
, pp. 303–4. Reed, pp. 112–13; dawn, pp. 116–17, 125; Lenin speaks, pp. 128–29; Kamenev, p. 138. Ulam,
Lenin and the Bolsheviks
, pp. 482–96.

3.
25 Oct. 1917 and after. 29 Nov. 1917, Chetverka Bureau: see Slusser, pp. 94–97.
Protokoly TSK
, p. 134, cosigned order of 3 Nov. 1917—thanks to Service,
Stalin
, p. 622. RGASPI 558.4.668 and 663, Fyodor Alliluyev. S. Pestkovsky, “Vospominaniya,”
Proletarskaya Revolyutsiya
, no. 6, 1930, and
Proletarskaya Revolyutsiya
, no. 10, 1922, pp. 93–103. Trotsky,
Stalin
, pp. 228–47. Figes, pp. 496–512. Early days, revolution without shooting, Molotov quote, instructions on Lenin’s office access, 22 Jan. 1918: Radzinsky,
Stalin
, pp. 118–23 and 137. Tucker, p. 182. Trotsky and Stalin most talented, tea-drinkers:
Molotov Remembers
, pp. 96,141 and 148. Israel Getzler,
Sukhanov: Chronicler of the Russian Revolution
, p. 85. Sagirashvili, pp. 193–200, 203–4, 238. Lenin walks in: Tsintsadze, “Chemi Mogonebani,” pp. 220–25. Stalin major role in defending Petrograd versus Krasnov revolt, Nov. 1917 with Dzerzhinsky, Sverdlov, Ordzhonikidze, and orders to CinC, 9 Nov., with Stalin and Lenin: Volkogonov,
Stalin
, p. 43. “The Four,” 9 Nov. 1917: Trotsky,
Stalin
, pp. 240–43; encounter at first Cabinet meeting. Volkogonov,
Stalin
, p. 43. First days in power and founding of Cheka: Service,
Lenin
, pp. 309–11. Concentration camp: Service,
Stalin
, p. 158. Lincoln, pp. 457–68. Ulam,
Lenin and the Bolsheviks
, pp. 482–96, including Shlyapnikov and prostitutes. Lenin adds Stalin and Trotsky as the only two leaders permitted access to his office without invitation (copy on display at Smolny Institute museum): RGASPI 5.1.1802.47. For Lenin’s notes, see Pipes,
Unknown Lenin
, and quotes from Lenin and Trotsky in N. Ferguson,
War of the World
, pp. 148–51.

EPILOGUE · AN OLD TYRANT—IN REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST

1.
Charkviani, “Memoirs.”
Molotov Remembers
, p. 212. Rayfield,
Stalin and the Hangmen
, pp. 8–10.
Khrushchev Remembers
, 1:305. Keke, Soso and Sasha Egnatashvili: RGASPI 558.11.1549.1–69. Svetlana quoted in Zhores Medvedev and Roy Medvedev,
Unknown Stalin
, p. 297. Historians will find out: Mgeladze, pp. 240–41.

2.
Alliluyevs: Richardson,
Long Shadow
, pp. 73–75. Author’s interviews with Vladimir Alliluyev (Redens), Leonid Redens, Kira Alliluyeva, Moscow,2001–3. Kamo and Fyodor: Mikoyan,
Memoirs
, pp. 431–33. See Montefiore for full family story.

3.
Svanidzes: Kun, p. 6. See Montefiore for full story. RGASPI 558.1.5099, Stalin to M. Monoselidze. GF IML 8.2.1.50.239–55, Dzhavaira Khutulashvili. Author’s interviews with K. Gelovani and M. Svanidze, Tbilisi,2005.

4.
Women; Slavatinskaya: RGASPI 124.1.1782; Trifonov,
Otblesk kostra
, pp. 33–40. Kun, pp. 41 and 46. Marcou, p. 76. Petrovskaya: Ilizarov, p. 288; and possible case against a Sofia Petrovskaya in A. L. Litvin,
Genrikh Yagoda Narkom
, Kazan 1997, p. 197—it is not clear if this is the same Petrovskaya and in any case her destiny is unknown. Onufrieva: Kun, p. 116. On Stal and Slavatinskaya: Chuev,
Kaganovich
, p. 219. RGASPI 558.4.647, P. Onufrieva Fomina. RGASPI 558.4.647, Tatiana Sukhova.

5.
RGASPI 558.4.662, L. P. Pereprygina-Davydova and F. A. Taraseev. RGASPI 558.4.667, M. A. Merzliakov. RGASPI 558.1.5169. Kolesnik,
Khronika zhizni semia Stalina
, pp. 58–62. Sukhotin, “Bastard krasnogo vozhdia.” Rokhlin, “Gde pryatali nesakonnorojdennogo syna Stalina?” Ivan Serov memo to Politburo: RGASPI 558.11.1288.
Izvestiya
, 8 Dec. 2000. Antonov-Ovseenko,
Stalin bez maski
, pp. 380–90. Pereprygin household, first Laletin sabre incident: Chernenko,
I. V. Stalin v sibirskoy ssylke
, pp. 140–49.
Vstrechi s vozhdem
, pp. 21–25. Ilizarov, pp. 288–92, 300–15. Lidia in love:
http://memorial.krsk.ru/Work/Konkurs/4/Panteon_stalina/00.htm
. Kun, pp. 169–75. Svetlana Alliluyeva,
Only One Year
, pp. 381–82. Volkogonov,
Stalin
, p. 8. Essad Bey, p. 191. Mark Franchetti, “Stalin’s Secret Son by Girl 14,”
Sunday Times
(London), March 2001.

6.
Keke, Soso and Sasha Egnatashvili: RGASPI 558.11.1549.1–69. (45.1.1549). Medvedev and Medvedev,
Unknown Stalin
, p. 297. Beria, pp. 20–21.

7.
Money to Kapanadze: RGASPI 558.1.5978 and 5080. Iremashvili, pp. 36, 59–61 and 77. Davrichewy, pp. 36,244 and 160. Letter to author from Iralki de Davrichewy 23 Aug. 2006. For Mata Hari and Marthe Richard stories, see Francis Lacassin, “Mata Hari ou la romance interrompue,”
Magazine Littéraire
, no. 43, Aug. 1970. Davrichewy, “Je suis le demifrère de Staline,” pp. 25–30.

8.
Kamo:
Russian Review
, vol. 19, no. 3, July 1960, pp. 227–47. Kamo and Lenin: Ulam,
Lenin and the Bolsheviks
, p. 723.

9.
Author’s interview with Alexander Egnatashvili’s grandson Guram Ratishvili, Tbilisi 2005. Kun, pp. 6–7. Loginov, p. 14. GARF 7523.107.127.1–6, General N. Vlasik interrogation. Roman Brackman,
Israel at Noon
(New York,2006), p. 5. Putin grandfather, see Montefiore,
Court of the Red Tsar
, p. 293 (U.S. paperback).

10.
Old Bolsheviks, Ordzhonikidze, Molotov, etc.: see Montefiore. Sergo versus Molo tov fight:
Molotov Remembers
, p. 113. Terror Deaths: 1937–38, see Service,
History of Twentieth-Century Russia
, p. 222. Georgian terror statistics: Amy Knight, Beria, pp. 79–84. Author’s interview with Izolda Mdivani (widow of Budu’s son Vahtang) and Mdivani family in Tbilisi, Georgia,2006. Vyshinsky: Vaksberg,
Stalin’s Prosecutor
, pp. 13–37.

11.
Stalin stops publication: RGASPI 45.1.803.1, 558.11.730, 558.11.787, 558.11.1496, 558.11.730, 558.11.787.2.

12.
Dinners in old age: Charkviani, “Memoirs.” Megalomaniacs: “Provisional Revolutionary Government and Social Democracy,”
Proletariatis Brdzola
, 15 Aug. 1905: Stalin,
Works
, 1:140–61. 20–25 million deaths: A. N. Yakovlev,
A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia
(New Haven,2000), p. 234.

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