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Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich (Russian: Лазарь Моисеевич Каганович; 22 November [O.S. 10 November] 1893 – 25 July 1991) was a Soviet politician and one of Joseph Stalin's closest associates.
Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich was a Soviet Communist Party leader and supporter of Joseph Stalin. As a young Jewish shoemaker, Kaganovich became involved in the Bolshevik wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (in 1911) and in 1920 was made head of the Soviet government of Tashkent.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The first English-language biography of Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalin’s leading deputies, ‘Iron Lazar’ provides an insight into the political and personal rel...
- He was a shoemaker from a poor Jewish family. Lazar Kaganovich had the ideal biography for a Bolshevik: he came from the very bottom of society and achieved everything himself.
- The revolution propelled him to the head of a republic. In 1917, Kaganovich was 23 and was heavily involved in revolutionary activity, setting up Bolshevik cells in Ukraine and Belarus.
- In charge of collectivization. That same year (1928), Stalin put Kaganovich in charge of another important task, that of strengthening collective and state farms, and putting an end to kulaks, wealthy peasants who had unearned income and themselves employed hired labor.
- He was the country's main railway manager. In 1934, Stalin appointed Kaganovich as People's Commissar (i.e. minister) of Railways. Now his task was to sort out the transport sector, which was in a state of chaos, with frequent railway accidents.
Oct 15, 2013 · The first English-language biography of Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalin’s leading deputies, ‘Iron Lazar’ investigates the life of a man of key importance to the shaping of the Stalinist...
- E. A. Rees
- 1783080574, 9781783080571
- illustrated
- Anthem Press, 2013
Apr 17, 2015 · Lazar Kaganovich was one of Stalin's closest allies in the Soviet ruling elite and central to the creation of the Stalinist system. His rise to power was remarkable for someone born into inauspicio...
Oct 15, 2013 · ‘Iron Lazar’ is the first English-language biography of Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalinist Russia’s leading deputies. With its focus on the political and personal relations of the Stalin group,...
