Сталин и народ. Правда сталинских репрессий

Etu knigu Vadima Kozhinova, kak i drugie ego raboty, otlichaet neordinarnost suzhdeniy i neozhidannost vyvodov. S faktami i tsiframi v rukakh on pristupil k issledovaniyu temy, na kotoruyu do sikh por nalozheno demokraticheskoe tabu: ob istinnykh pruzhinakh stalinskikh repressiy. Prodolzhaya istoriosofskuyu traditsiyu Tolstogo, avtor nastaivaet: miroporyadok opredelyaetsya ne voleizyavleniyami vozhdey, a slozhneyshim i protivorechivym vzaimodeystviem razlichnykh obshchestvennykh sil. Bolee togo, rol vlast prederzhashchikh svoditsya lish k zapozdalomu reagirovaniyu na obektivno slozhivshuyusya v strane i v mire situatsiyu. TSel issledovaniya ne opravdanie repressiy, a poisk velikogo smysla i logiki istorii.