Preface...................................................................ix Acknowledgments...........................................................xvi A Note on Soviet Administrative Structure.................................xvii Introduction..............................................................1 Lazar Kaganovich: The Career of a Stalinist Commissar.....................21 1931 Introduction..............................................................37 Documents 1-23............................................................49 1932 Introduction..............................................................104 Documents 24-59...........................................................114 1933 Introduction..............................................................186 Documents 60-85...........................................................195 1934 Introduction..............................................................236 Documents 86-111..........................................................245 1935 Introduction..............................................................289 Documents 112-125.........................................................296 1936 Introduction..............................................................315 Documents 126-177.........................................................322 Appendix..................................................................373 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations.......................................387 Brief Biographies.........................................................391 Index.....................................................................417