He knows that he has been sentenced and is about to be executed. ... This quote was described by a NKVD officer, a member of Stalin's elite security force and who later defected from Russia. ... By this time Stalin had been in control of Russia for ten years and was just coming off the failure of his first five year plan (Purge 1). ... The western world would know little about Stalin's purge trials. ... This was a quote by a guard at one of the gulags (Stalin 122). ...

• Word Count: 1798
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Broz, coming from a poor family, was a hard worker from the beginning. ... He later returned home to Croatia where he became a union organizer. ... Finally, the book includes several direct quotes and writings from Tito. ... Ruth Franchere's Tito of Yugoslavia was an informative book about Tito's life. ...

• Word Count: 1552
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School