VOSLENSKY, Michael (text); MOSBACHER, Eric (translation)

Nomenklatura: Anatomy of the Soviet Ruling Class

London: The Bodley Head, 1984. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xx],[1]-455,[1]pp. Subtle tanning to text edges, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced £12.95), showing some mild surface wear. Memoir by a former high-ranking official of the Nomenklatura, the priviliged sect which ruled the Soviet Union, explaining how this class originated as the new beurocracy of the Revolution, and how it established itself in power under Stalin. 90323.

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