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‘One of the Hardest Nuts to Crack’. Dzienniki Majskiego. Ambasador Stalina odsłania kulisy dyplomacji [The Maisky Diaries. Stalin’s Ambassador Reveals the Secrets of Diplomacy], prep. Gabriel Gorodetsky
Author(s): Krzysztof KosińskiSubject(s): Review, General Reference Works
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Gabriel Gorodetsky; Ivan Maisky; Joseph Stalin; Vyacheslav Molotov; Winston Churchill; Neville Chamberlain; David Lloyd George; Anthony Eden; Władysław Sikorski; Katyń; communism; diplomacy.
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the diary of the Soviet ambassador to Great Britain, Ivan Maisky, written between 1934 and 1943. The review’s author presents the controversies sur-rounding its Russian and English editions. He also analyses the references to Poland, such as the background of the Sikorski–Maisky treaty of 30 July 1941, mentions of the Katyń massacre and the severance of diplomatic relations in 1943. Maisky’s diary has a significant cognitive value and is an important source for historians of recent history.
Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
- Issue Year: 54/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 237-255
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Polish