Molotov Remembers: Inside Kremlin Politics is an invaluable historical document that provides a rare, firsthand look into the inner workings of the Soviet Union from its earliest days through the height of the Cold War.

The book is not a traditional memoir but a collection of 139 conversations between Vyacheslav Molotov—one of the most powerful and long-serving Soviet leaders—and the Russian writer Felix Chuev. These interviews took place over a 17-year period between 1969 and Molotov’s death in 1986.

: Readers get "fascinating" and sometimes "chilling" portraits of prominent figures, including a "crafty and brutal" Stalin and an "indomitable" Lenin.