{"product_id":"the-moderate-bolshevik-by-charters-wynn-9781642599169","title":"The Moderate Bolshevik","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMikhail Tomsky (1880-1936) was one of the most important and influential leaders of the early Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis first English-language biography of Tomsky reveals his central role in all the key developments in early Soviet history, including the stormy debates over the role of unions in the self-proclaimed workers' state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharters Wynn's compelling account illuminates how the charismatic Tomsky rose from an impoverished working-class background and years of tsarist prison and Siberian exile to become both a Politburo member and the head of the trade unions. Here, he helped shape Soviet domestic and foreign policy along generally moderate lines throughout the 1920s. His failed attempt to block Stalin's catastrophic adoption of forced collectivisation would tragically make Tomsky a prime target in the Great Purges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Moderate Bolshevik\u003c\/em\u003e provides an insightful look into Tomsky's life and legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599745269996,"sku":"9781642599169","price":74.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/97dfcee97c309f340a59d197bf923872.jpg?v=1778021717","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-moderate-bolshevik-by-charters-wynn-9781642599169","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}