Anatomy of the Kremlin Case

A detailed chronological analysis of the “Kremlin case,” carried out by Vasily Krasnopyorov, stands out favorably from the many works available to date about the Stalin era not only due to the use of a wide range of sources but also because of the peculiarities of constructing an intriguing narrative. The case, initially aimed at the disgraced secretary of the Central Committee of the USSR, Abel Enukidze, turned into a tragedy for more than a hundred people. A careful reader, eager to understand the essence of the Soviet era, will find interesting not only the details of the investigation but also sketches of the morals of Moscow's quasi-nomenklatura circles reflected in the protocols. Never before has the general public been given the opportunity to become acquainted with the activities of the Soviet repressive apparatus in such exhaustive detail.