Chapter 5. Leonid Nikolaev

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps ix
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Dates xiii
6. Note on Soviet Government and Territorial Structures xv
7. Note on the Documents and Citations xviii
8. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xx
9. List of Archives Cited xxiv
10. Introduction 1
11. Chapter 1. From Kostrikov to Kirov, 1886–1925 19
12. Chapter 2. Conquering Leningrad, 1925–1929 64
13. Chapter 3. Kirov in Leningrad, 1930–1934 107
14. Chapter 4. The Scene of the Crime 149
15. Chapter 5. Leonid Nikolaev 179
16. Chapter 6. Nikolaev Agonistes 208
17. Chapter 7. Stalin Responds 251
18. Chapter 8. Fingering the Zinovievites 279
19. Chapter 9. The Trials of the Moscow and Leningrad “Centers” 323
20. Chapter 10. Investigating the Leningrad NKVD 389
21. Chapter 11. The Kirov Murder and the Great Terror 453
22. Chapter 12. Rumors, Speculation, and the Martyr Cult 487
23. Chapter 13. The Kirov Murder in the West, 1934–1956 526
24. Chapter 14. The Politics of Rehabilitation and the Kirov Murder, 1953–1957 555
25. Chapter 15. Shatunovskaya’s Investigation and After 606
26. Conclusion 670
27. Appendix. Biographical Sketches 693
28. Notes 739
29. Index of Documents 809
30. General Index 815
31. Books in the annals of communism series 833