Georgi Dimitrov

Author : Georgi Dimitrov
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300133851

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The Diary of Georgi Dimitrov, 1933-1949 by Georgi Dimitrov Pdf

Georgi Dimitrov (1882–1949) was a high-ranking Bulgarian and Soviet official, one of the most prominent leaders of the international Communist movement and a trusted member of Stalin’s inner circle. Accused by the Nazis of setting the Reichstag fire in 1933, he successfully defended himself at the Leipzig Trial and thereby became an international symbol of resistance to Nazism. Stalin appointed him head of the Communist International (Comintern) in 1935, and he held this position until the Comintern’s dissolution in 1943. After the end of the Second World War, Dimitrov returned to Bulgaria and became its first Communist premier. During the years between 1933 and his death in 1949, Dimitrov kept a diary that described his tumultuous career and revealed much about the inner working of the international Communist organizations, the opinions and actions of the Soviet leadership, and the Soviet Union’s role in shaping the postwar Eastern Europe. This important document, edited and introduced by renowned historian Ivo Banac, is now available for the first time in English. It is an essential source for information about international Communism, Stalin and Soviet policy, and the origins of the Cold War.

Author : Marietta Stankova
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857712912

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Georgi Dimitrov by Marietta Stankova Pdf

Georgi Dimitrov burst onto the international scene in 1933 as one of the Comintern operatives in Germany accused of the Reichstag fire. The Bulgarian Communist's spirited self-defence in the resulting Leipzig Trial made him a celebrity among Communists worldwide - particularly in the Soviet Union, where he became Secretary General of the Comintern after his acquittal. Popular opinion holds that this 'whirlwind', who defied Goering and the Nazis in full view of the world, subsequently became little more than a rubber stamp for Stalin. This lucid and fascinating biography - the first in English - reveals a more multifaceted treatment of Dimitrov, highlighting especially the deep complexity of his relationships with his two greatest political allies: Stalin and Tito. With unique authority drawn from extensive archival research, Marietta Stankova strips away decades of conventional wisdom to reveal Georgi Dimitrov in all his roles: as labour agitator, Leipzig Trial icon, loyal Stalinist and Pan-Balkan visionary. Dimitrov entered radical politics at an early age and was a central figure in the formation of the Bulgarian Communist Party in 1919. A failed uprising forced him into exile and brought him in disfavour in his Party - which he counteracted through loyal inconspicuous service at the Comintern, where he was eventually put in charge of the Western European section. Following his spectacular clash with the Nazis in the Leipzig Trial, Dimitrov was appointed General Secretary of the Comintern. In this post, Dimitrov was Communism's ambassador to dissidents and radicals the world over. At the same time, he was deeply implicated in the Soviet political purges of the latter 1930s. Through these he also consolidated his leadership of his native Party but it was only in 1946, two years after the Bulgarian communists had seized power in the wake of World War II, that he was sent home to lead the new Bulgarian Communist government. Working against ill health and Stalin's often unpredictable behaviour, he remained committed to the establishment of Communism in Bulgaria and to upholding Soviet interests, even if this meant the destruction of one of his lifelong aspirations, a Balkan Federation. Using new and unpublished sources, Stankova brilliantly reconstructs the dilemmas that Dimitrov faced throughout his long and varied political career. This definitive and long-overdue biography makes a major contribution to the history of Bulgaria and of the Balkans as a whole, as well as to the field of Communist Studies.

Author : Georgi Dimitrov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Communists
ISBN : UOM:39015078958421

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Georgi Dimitrov by Georgi Dimitrov Pdf

Author : Charles A. Moser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008977897

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Dimitrov of Bulgaria by Charles A. Moser Pdf

"[Book title] is of interest to those concerned with East European and Bulgarian history. But it also has a broader appeal, for instance to students of the Soviet conquest of Eastern Europe and the beginnings of the political component of the Cold War, and to those concerned with such general questions as loyalty to political principle as opposed to loyalty to political party, especially during a time of economic stress such as the early 1930's. Finally, it recounts the dramatic story of an opposition leader in a country which dealt very brutally with such people, and of an extraordinary man willing to risk his substance and even his life for the political ideals in which he believed."--Book jacket.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1401819505

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Georgi Dimitrov by Anonim Pdf

Author : Georgi Dimitrov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1961775220

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The United Front by Georgi Dimitrov Pdf

An excellent collection of speeches and articles by the General Secretary of the Communist International, Georgi Dimitrov, on the United Front and the fight against fascism and war. This selection of Dimitrov's speeches and articles is essential to understanding the United Front policy of the Communist International and the true character of fascism. This book is essential in modern times with the growth in many countries of the militant forces of fascism and fascist rhetoric. A must read for all those truly interested in the final defeat of fascism.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:926828054

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Georgi Dimitrov by Anonim Pdf

Author : Georgi Dimitrov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015027978066

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Georgi Dimitrov and the Unification of the Revolutionary and Democratic Forces for Peace, Democracy, and Socialism by Georgi Dimitrov Pdf

Author : Georgi Dimitrov
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300080216

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Dimitrov and Stalin by Georgi Dimitrov Pdf

Bulgarian Georgi Dimitrov, Stalin's close confidant and trusted ally, served as secretary general of the Communist International (Comintern) from 1934 to its dissolution in 1943. In this collection of more than fifty top-secret letters, the real workings of the Comintern emerge clearly for the first time. Drawn from classified Soviet archives only recently opened to Russian and American scholars, these letters offer unique insights into Soviet foreign policy and Stalin's attitudes and intentions while the Great Terror of the 1930s was in progress and in the years leading up to the Second World War. Annotated by the editors to provide the historical context in which these letters were written, the collection is vivid and startlingly significant. The letters confirm the complete dependence of the Comintern on the Kremlin, while also exposing bureaucratic maneuvering, backbiting, and jockeying for influence. These messages cast much light on the Soviet confusion about policies toward foreign Communist parties, and they uncover the extent to which Stalin shaped the Comintern. Stalin's perspectives on America, French communism, and the Spanish Civil War are recorded, as are his differences with Mao Zedong and with Marshal Tito at important turning points. With the publication of these letters, the history of twentieth-century communism gains authentic evidence about a critical decade.

Author : Dobrin Michev,Berta Kalaora
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Bulgaria
ISBN : UOM:39015038889104

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Georgi Dimitrov and the Trade Union Movement by Dobrin Michev,Berta Kalaora Pdf

Monographic compilation of papers on the role of georgi dimitrov in the formation and development of communist trade unionization and trade unions in Bulgaria - includes the contribution of dimitrov to the consolidation of the profintern international trade union, and particularly, to its sections in the balkan area (Yugoslavia, Romania, Greece and Turkey). References. Biography dimitrov, g.

Author : Georgi Dimitrov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1961775107

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The Fascist Offensive and the Tasks of the Communist International by Georgi Dimitrov Pdf

Dimitrov's analysis lays bare Fascism as the natural progression of imperialism in periods of crisis of capital. In this important work, Dimitrov discusses the class character of vicious assault on working class people and the revolutionary movement. Being a leader during the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, he studied in great detail the development of Fascism as the most reactionary, most chauvinistic and most imperialist elements of finance capital. As we once again resist the rising tide of Fascism, Dimitrov's analysis is as important today as it was in 1935.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:73155413

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Georgi Dimitrov by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stella D. Blagoyeva
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dimitrov by Stella D. Blagoyeva Pdf

Author : Todor Zhivkov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Communists
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039530253

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A Great Son of Bulgaria by Todor Zhivkov Pdf

Author : Georgi Dimitrov
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1475029489

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The Tasks of the Trade Unions by Georgi Dimitrov Pdf

Georgi Dimitrov (1882 – 1949) was a Bulgarian Communist politician. He was the first Communist leader of Bulgaria, from 1946 to 1949.