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Lenin's Brain (Hoover Institution Press)
Lenin’s Brain
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Lenin’s Brain
and Other Tales
from the Secret Soviet Archives
by paul r. gregory
hoover institution press
stanford university • stanford, california
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Hoover Institution Press Publication No. 555
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gregory, Paul R.
Lenin’s brain and other tales from the secret Soviet archives / by Paul R. Gregory.
p. cm. — (Hoover Institution Press publication series ; 555)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-8179-4811-5 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8179-4812-2 (pbk : alk. paper)
1. Soviet Union—History—Anecdotes. I. Title.
dk266.3.g74 2008
947.084—dc22
2007007691
Dedicated to
Robert Conquest,
a true pioneer,
on his ninetieth birthday.
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