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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...
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...
- J. Arch Getty
- 2012
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,...
Lazar Kaganovich had the ideal biography for a Bolshevik: he came from the very bottom of society and achieved everything himself. He was born into a Jewish family in a village not far from...
