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28 · “DON’T FORGET THAT NAME AND BE VERY WARY!”

1.
S. Kavtaradze,
Iz vospominanii o tov. Staline
, pp. 3–17. Slavatinskaya: RGASPI 124.1.1782; Stalin letters to Slavatinskaya: RGASPI 558.1.5392. Yury Trifonov,
Otblesk kostra
, pp. 33–40. Relationship known: Ludmilla Stal/Tatiana Slavatinskaya: Chuev,
Kaganovich
, pp. 160–62. Sledding:
Alliluyev Memoirs
, pp. 138–41. RGASPI 161.1.20 V. L. Shveitzer.

2.
Tiflis: RGASPI 558.4.534, M. Agayan. GF IML 8.2.1.34.317–54, Mikheil Monoselidze. GDMS 87.1955–368.1–16, Alexandra “Sashiko” Svanidze-Monoselidze. RGASPI 161.1.20, V. Shveitzer. GARF 102.00.1912.5–7-b. GARF 102.265.540. V S. Emuksuzian,
Suren Spandarian
, pp. 26–29.
Istorichesky Zapisky
, no. 30, p.80. Ostrovsky, p. 349. Visits to Tiflis and Baku: RGASPI 558.4.665; GFI ML 8.2.1.42. G. Haupt,
Les Bolsheviks par eux-même
(Makers of the Russian Revolution), pp. 268–73.

3.
Baku: Nikolaevsky, box 207, folder 207–15, B. N. letter to T. Vulikh, 8 Aug. 1949. Rostov: RGASPI 161.1.20, Vera Shveitzer.
Krasnyi Arkhiv
, no. 2 (105), 1941, p. 26. Moscow leap out of train: Ostrovsky, pp. 350–51.

4.
Zvezda
and
Pravda:
Nikonov,
Molotov Molodost
, pp. 50–56; Molotov meetings with Stalin, pp. 113–15. RGASPI 161.1.20. Stalin,
Works
, 2:225–47, and 5:130.
Alliluyev Memoirs
, pp. 148–49.
Enziklopedichesky slovar Russkogo biographicheskogo instituta granat
, vol. 41, 2.62–63. Arrest: RGASPI 4.186. Stasova: RGASPI 71.10.407. May Day: Stalin,
Works
, 2:219. Daly,
Watchful State
, pp. 130–32. Trotsky,
Stalin
, p. 126; quoting Stalin and Lenin, p. 137. Service,
Stalin
, pp. 86–87. Malinovsky: Service,
Lenin
, p. 206. Slapping boy’s face: Medvedev,
Let History Judge
, p. 337. RGASPI 161.1.20, V. Shveitzer.

29 · THE ESCAPIST: KAMO’S LEAP AND THE LAST BANK ROBBERY

1.
Narym: RGASPI 4.186. RGASPI 558.4.647. GARF 102.00.1912.5–57-b.
Krasnyi Arkhiv
, no. 2 (105), 1941, pp. 26–27. RGASPI 161.1.20, Vera Shveitzer. Stalin and Sverdlov in Kolpashevo: Simon Vereshchak,
Dni
, 24 Jan. 1928. E. Pesikina,
Pravda
, 26 Dec. 1939: “V. Naryme”—including quote from Y. Alexeyev. RGASPI 4.647 and 558.4.190. Nikolaevsky’s teacup: Kun, pp. 132–37. Kettle: Smith, p. 256. Memoirs: Chernenko,
Stalin
, pp. 74–79. Service,
Stalin
, pp. 88–89. A. S. Alliluyeva,
Vospominaniya
, p. 115. Sverdlov—hair, eyes, kind, gentle, Stalin and Sverdlov compare notes about exile:
Alliluyev Memoirs
, p. 141. Escape, thunderous voice:
Molotov Remembers
, pp. 141–44. Haupt,
Les Bolsheviks
, pp. 76–82. Escape:
Komsomolsky Pravda
, 10 Jan. 2007, Yuri Zhdanov memoirs.

2.
Petersburg,
Pravda
, funds, election: Kavtaradze,
Iz vospominanii o tov. Staline
, pp. 3–17.
Oktyabre
, no. 11, 1942, pp. 100–103. Collects funds from Stasova: Stasova,
Stranitsy zhizhni i borby
, p. 101. A. E. Badaev, “O Staline,”
Pravda
, 19 Dec. 1939. Visits to Tiflis and Baku: RGASPI 558.4.665. GF IML 8.2.1.42. RGASPI 558.4.647, Tatiana Sukhova. Slavatinskaya: RGASPI 124.1.1782. RGASPI 558.1.5392. Trifonov,
Otblesk kostra
, pp. 33–40. A. S. Alliluyeva,
Vospominaniya
, pp. 113–61. Doctor of escapology: Levon Shaumian quoted in Kun, p. 109. RGASPI 161.1.20, V. L. Shveitzer.

3.
GF IML 8.2.1.624.1–26, Bachua Kupriashvili. Kamo and robbery: David Shub, “Kamo: The Legendary Old Bolshevik of the Caucasus,”
Russian Review
, vol. 19, no. 3, July 1960, pp. 227–47. Imnaishvili,
Kamo
, section 1, pp. 74–88. Medvedeva-Ter-Petrossian, “Tovarish Kamo.” Jacques Baynac,
Kamo: L’homme de main de Lénine
, pp. 90–100. Kamo’s mental illness: Geifman,
Thou Shalt Kill
, pp. 167–70 and 323; Geifman,
Russia under the Last Tsar
, pp. 1–14. Kun, p. 75. Escape with help of Kote Tsintsadze and shootout on Kadzhorskoe Highway: Souvarine,
Staline
, pp. 101–3. Visits to Tiflis and Baku: RGASPI 558.4.665. GF IML 8.2.1.42.

30 · TRAVELS WITH THE MYSTERIOUS VALENTINA

1.
RGASPI 124.1.1782; RGASPI 558.1.5392. Trifonov,
Otblesk kostra
, pp. 33–40. A.E. Badaev,
Bolsheviki v gosudarstvennoi Dume
, pp. 35–40. “Delo Malinovskogo,”
Rech
17 June 1917. GARF 102.00.1912.5–58b. RGASPI 558.4.157/193. Lenin,
Biograficheskaya khronika
3:55. Elections: Service,
Stalin
, p. 90. A. S. Alliluyeva,
Vospominaniya
, pp. 113–16. Stalin’s election articles including Trotsky as fake champion with fake muscles: Stalin,
Works
, 2:257–59 and 262–94. RGASPI 161.1.20, V. L. Shveitzer.

2.
Route to Cracow, first trip: Alexander Shotman, “Kak iz iskry vosgorelos plamya,” pp. 166–76. Smith, pp. 263–66, 270–76 and 300–303. Valentina Lobova: Kun, pp. 145–50. On meeting with Kalinin, Shotman, etc., and different theory of the journeys to Cracow: Ostrovsky, pp. 364–66 and 369–70. Slavatinskaya: RGASPI 124.1.1782; RGASPI 558.1.5392; Trifonov,
Otblesk kostra
, pp. 35–40.
Molotov Remembers
, p. 297. Badaev,
Bolsheviki v gosudarstvennoi Dume
, pp. 35–40. GARF 102.00.1912.5–58b RGASPI 558.4.157 and 193. A. S. Alliluyeva, “Vospominaniya,”
Roman-gazeta
, no. 1 (13), 1947, p. 38. Election of SD Duma leadership: G. I. Petrovsky, “Vospominaniya o Pravde,”
Pravda
, 5 May 1922.

3.
With Lenin in Cracow, first trip: RGASPI 558.1.5170. Lenin,
Biograficheskaya khronika
3:50–55. GARF 102.265.531. Cracow, Lenin background: Krupskaya, pp. 204–5, including Stalin crossing border on transit pass. Service,
Lenin
, pp. 209–15. Lenin as Stalin’s host, and beer: Charkviani “Memoirs.” Food:
Komsomolsky Pravda
, 10 Jan. 2007, Yuri Zhdanov memoirs.

4.
Back to Petersburg, Lenin summons Stalin back and election: Petrovsky,
Pravda
, 5 May 1922. Badaev,
Bolsheviki v gosudarstvennoi Dume
, pp. 35–40. Todria meeting with Jordania: RGASPI 558.4.647. Letters from Cracow: GARF 102.265.532 (including 9/22 Dec. 1912 letter from Krupskaya to K.St.). RGASPI 558.4.560. GARF 102.00.1912.5–58b. Krupskaya letters Nov.–Dec. 1912 and Stalin letters from Cracow to Petersburg Dec. 1912-Jan. 1913: “Iz perepiski TSK RSDRP s mestnymi partinymi orgnizatsiyam,”
Istorichesky Arkhiv
, no. 2, 1960, pp. 17–25. Lenin,
PSS
, 48:162–69.

31 · VIENNA, 1913: THE WONDERFUL GEORGIAN, THE AUSTRIAN ARTIST AND THE OLD EMPEROR

1.
Second trip to Cracow: A. S. Alliluyeva, “Vospominaniya,”
Roman-gazeta
, no. 1 (13), 1947, p. 38. Shotman, “Kak iz iskry vozgorelos plamya,” pp. 166–76. Smith, pp. 263–66, 270–76 and 300–303. Kun, pp. 145–50. On meeting with Kalinin, Shotman, etc. and different theory of trips to Cracow, see Ostrovsky, pp. 364–66 and 369–70. Crossing and no food, fool Stalin: A. S. Alliluyeva,
Vospominaniya
, pp. 19–20. Stanislas Kot quoted in Smith, p. 405. RGASPI 124.1.233, Olga Veiland. Krupskaya letters: “Iz perepiski TSK RSDRP s mestnymi partinymi organizatsiyam,”
Istorichesky Arkhiv
, no. 2, 1960, pp. 17–25. RGASPI 4.3.42. GARF 102.00.1913.5–46b. Kalinin suspected: Ostrovsky, p. 371. Kamenev Eskimo letter: RGASPI 71.10.189. Kun, including interview with Olga Veiland, pp. 150–55. Service,
Stalin
, pp. 91–92. Krupskaya, pp. 204–5. Lenin as Stalin’s host and beer: Charkviani, “Memoirs.” Lenin,
PSS
, 48: 162–69. Border crossing/food:
Komosomolsky Pravda
, 10 Jan. 2007, Yuri Zhdanov memoirs.

2.
Second stay in Cracow Dec. 1912-Jan. 1913: RGASPI 71.10.189 and 558.1.4899. Malinovsky report on meetings: Stanford, Paris Okhrana, box 195, folder XVIc, 1 Mar. 1913. Illich nervous: Trotsky,
Stalin
, p. 149. Kun, p. 149. RGASPI 558.1.47 Stalin to Malinovsky, 2 Feb. 1913.
Molotov Remembers
, p. 101.

3.
Vienna: RGASPI 558.4.647.418–20 and 431–4, Stalin in Vienna including Olga Veiland. RGASPI 124.1.233, Olga Veiland. RGASPI 558.1.47, Stalin to Malinovsky. RGASPI 558.1.47. RGASPI 30.1.3. Brigitte Hamann and Thomas Thornton,
Hitler’s Vienna: A Dictator’s Apprenticeship
, pp. 92 and 183. J. Sydney James,
Hitler in Vienna
, pp. 7–10, 107–10; Trotsky, Hitler, p. 143; Trotsky, p. 165. A. Kubizek,
The Young Hitler I Knew
, p. 83. Bruce Thompson,
Schnitzler’s Vienna
, pp. 2, 7, 25. Bruce Thompson,
Hitler’s Vienna
, pp. 246–61, on balls, winter, Tito, Trotsky, Hitler. Carl E. Schorske,
Fin de Siècle Vienna
, p. 119. Service,
Stalin
, pp. 92–93. Author’s interview with Oleg Troyanovsky in Moscow. Troyanovsky,
Cherez gody
, pp. 24–25 and 161–62. Kun, including background of Troyanovsky, p. 153. Krylenko, Elena Rozmirovich: Vaksberg,
Stalin’s Prosecutor
, pp. 33 and 328. Trotsky,
Stalin
, pp. 159–60 and 243. Smith, pp. 276–79. Stalin,
Works
, 2:257–59 and 262–94. Stalin asks for Bukharin’s address from exile: RGASPI 558.1.5169. Wonderful Georgian: Lenin,
PSS
, 48:162–9. GARF 102.265.882.

32 · THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S BALL: BETRAYAL IN DRAG

1.
Return from Vienna via meeting with Lenin, Cracow, Feb. 1913, and new name; Lenin approves: Charkviani, “Memoirs.” Stalin,
Works
, 2:300–381.
Marxism and the National Question
. Stalin and Lenin’s view of nation: Service,
Stalin
, pp. 87 and 99–105. Van Ree, “Stalin and the National Question.” GARF 102.265.532 (including 9/22 Dec. 1912 letter from Krupskaya to K.St.). Stalin name: Stalin,
Works
, 2:192, 254,294 (12 Jan. 1913, first Stalin byline). Duranty quoted in Kun, pp. 158–59. Name: RGASPI 17.4.647, V. Shveitzer.
Molotov Remembers
, p. 164. Ludmilla Stal/Tatiana Slavatinskaya: Chuev,
Kaganovich
, pp. 160–62. Daushvili,
Story of Soso Djugashvili
, pp. 239 and 252. Stal and Krupskaya in Paris, 1911: Krupskaya, p. 196. Maisky, p. 45; Marcou, p. 66. Ludmilla Stal biography: “Istoki podviga,”
Ural
, no. 3, 1979.

2.
Arrest: police interrogation: RGASPI 558.4.214. Service,
Lenin
, p. 214. Makeup, drag, big shoes: Nikonov,
Molotov Molodost
, pp. 128–33. Slavatinskaya: RGASPI 124.1.1782; RGASPI 558.1.5392; Trifonov,
Otblesk kostra
, pp. 33–40.
Luch
, 26 Feb. 1913. Shotman, “Kak iz iskry vozgorelos plamya,” pp. 175, 166. Badaev,
Bolsheviki
, pp. 155–66. Woman’s mantle: Trotsky,
Stalin
, pp. 157–61. A. S. Alliluyeva,
Vospominaniya
, pp. 44–45. Stalin letters on Dan/Malinovsky, shortage of people, chocolate for Galochka, Malinovsky planting suspicions about others are recent discoveries by Ostrovsky, and also details of sentencing including informing of Minister of Interior: Ostrovsky, pp. 374–80. Georgian boy: GARF 102.265.882. GARF 102.00.1913.307. Vissarionov: GARF 102.00.1913.5–57V.
Iz arkhiva L. O. Dan
, p. 101. RGASPI 558.4.659 F. N. Samoilov.
Delo provokatora Malinovskogo
, p. 216—Malinovsky meets S. P. Beletsky. Ellman,
Roman Malinovsky
, pp. 15–26, 31–33, 40–41, 58–66. Krupskaya, pp. 211 and 225. Radzinsky,
Stalin
, pp. 82–86, including Lenin and Malinovsky quotes. RGASPI 558.1.47, Stalin to Malinovsky. RGASPI 558.1.48. Lenin’s worries: Smith, pp. 300–303. Urals mission: Kun, p. 163.

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