Amanzholova Dina Akhmetzhanovna
– D.Sci. in history, leading researcher of the Center “History of the peoples of Russia and inter-ethnic relations”, Institute of Russian History, RAS
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The New Research of the Phenomenon of Stalinism and the Jewish question in the USSR
The author, renowned specialist in history of interethnic relations in Russia and the USSR, presents the new version of book «Secret policy of Stalin. Authority and anti-Semitism» written by G.V.Kostyrchenko and published in 2015 by International relations publisher’s house. Author investigated in a rather detailed way the book’s theses that are principally new in methodological, factual and analytical respects. Author gives an overall positive appraisal of the book and thinks that the book is an important scientific contribution to the Russian historiography.Keywords: Stalin’s policy, national question, political and state anti-Semitism, “cosmopolitism”, enhancement of patriotizm and ethnic nationalizm in authority.
