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Georgi Dimitrov: A Biography
Contributor(s): Stankova, Marietta (Author)

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 ISBN: 1838601716     ISBN-13: 9781838601713
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
OUR PRICE: $25.60  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2025
This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of December 11, 2025
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- History | Eastern Europe - General
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism
Dewey: B
Series: Communist Lives
Physical Information: 288 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Eastern Europe
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
 
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Publisher Description:
Georgi Dimitrov burst onto the international scene in 1933 as one of the Comintern operatives in Germany accused of the Reichstag fire. The Bulgarian Communist's spirited self-defence in the resulting Leipzig Trial made him a celebrity among Communists worldwide - particularly in the Soviet Union, where he became Secretary General of the Comintern after his acquittal. Popular opinion holds that this 'whirlwind', who defied Goering and the Nazis in full view of the world, subsequently became little more than a rubber stamp for Stalin. This lucid and fascinating biography - the first in English - reveals a more multifaceted treatment of Dimitrov, highlighting especially the deep complexity of his relationships with his two greatest political allies: Stalin and Tito. Using new and unpublished sources, Marietta Stankova brilliantly reconstructs the dilemmas that Dimitrov faced throughout his long and varied political career. This definitive and long-overdue biography makes a major contribution to the history of Bulgaria and of the Balkans as a whole, as well as to the field of Communist Studies.
 
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