04-14-2005, 11:47 AM
Here's an excerpt from an article I found online... Now just to find where the schedule was online!
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Further to the very interesting article by Cynthia A Roberts, 'Planning for War: the Red Army and the Catastrophe of 1941', Europe-Asia Studies, 47, 8, 1995, pp. 1293-1326, I would like to comment on her opening remark that 'the Soviet dictator went into self-imposed seclusion' (p. 1293). With all due respect, there would now appear to be a large body of evidence to show that, far from disappearing and hiding either in his private apartments in the Kremlin, or to his dacha at Kuntsevo, certainly during the first week of the Soviet-German War, Stalin would appear to have stuck to a very arduous work routine, displaying little of the panic and fear that is generally attributed to him, both by previous Western and Russian historians.
For instance, according to extracts published from his appointments diary, detailing all of Stalin's meetings held throughout the first week of the war, 22-28 June inclusive, on the very first day of the war (22 June), Stalin's official working-day began at 05.45 and ended at 16.45.(1) However, according to the most recent unedited version of Zhukov's me***rs, Stalin's working-day began even earlier than that, at 04.30, when he telephoned Stalin to break the news of the German bombardment.(2) On the very first day of the attack, Stalin held meetings with a variety of senior Soviet government and military figures, including Molotov (People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs), Timoshenko (People's Commissar for Defence), Zhukov (Chief of Staff of the Red Army), Kuznetsov (Commander of both North Caucasus and Baltic Military Districts), and Shaposhnikov (Deputy People's Commissar for Defence). All in all, on the very first day of the attack Stalin held meetings with over 15 individual members of the Soviet government and military apparatus.(3)
Examining his appointments diary further reveals that during the opening week of the war Stalin's officially recorded shortest working-day was 24 June, lasting a little over five hours, but this followed a working-day (23 June) that apparently fell just short of 24 hours - 22 hours and 35 minutes!(4) Similarly, on 25/26 June Stalin is on record as having 24 hours of meetings.(5) On both 26 and 27 June his recorded working-days ran to a little over ten hours each and, possibly as a result of this physically and mentally punishing schedule, his working-day for 28 June again lasted a little over five hours. Thus, in sum total, of 168 hours (representing the entire week 22-28 June inclusive) Stalin is officially recorded as holding meetings totalling 88 hours and 40 minutes in duration.(6) In overall terms, according to the available historical evidence, Stalin held 158 meetings, involving 45 named senior Soviet government and military figures during this entire period.(7)
Source: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/m...i_18678012
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Further to the very interesting article by Cynthia A Roberts, 'Planning for War: the Red Army and the Catastrophe of 1941', Europe-Asia Studies, 47, 8, 1995, pp. 1293-1326, I would like to comment on her opening remark that 'the Soviet dictator went into self-imposed seclusion' (p. 1293). With all due respect, there would now appear to be a large body of evidence to show that, far from disappearing and hiding either in his private apartments in the Kremlin, or to his dacha at Kuntsevo, certainly during the first week of the Soviet-German War, Stalin would appear to have stuck to a very arduous work routine, displaying little of the panic and fear that is generally attributed to him, both by previous Western and Russian historians.
For instance, according to extracts published from his appointments diary, detailing all of Stalin's meetings held throughout the first week of the war, 22-28 June inclusive, on the very first day of the war (22 June), Stalin's official working-day began at 05.45 and ended at 16.45.(1) However, according to the most recent unedited version of Zhukov's me***rs, Stalin's working-day began even earlier than that, at 04.30, when he telephoned Stalin to break the news of the German bombardment.(2) On the very first day of the attack, Stalin held meetings with a variety of senior Soviet government and military figures, including Molotov (People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs), Timoshenko (People's Commissar for Defence), Zhukov (Chief of Staff of the Red Army), Kuznetsov (Commander of both North Caucasus and Baltic Military Districts), and Shaposhnikov (Deputy People's Commissar for Defence). All in all, on the very first day of the attack Stalin held meetings with over 15 individual members of the Soviet government and military apparatus.(3)
Examining his appointments diary further reveals that during the opening week of the war Stalin's officially recorded shortest working-day was 24 June, lasting a little over five hours, but this followed a working-day (23 June) that apparently fell just short of 24 hours - 22 hours and 35 minutes!(4) Similarly, on 25/26 June Stalin is on record as having 24 hours of meetings.(5) On both 26 and 27 June his recorded working-days ran to a little over ten hours each and, possibly as a result of this physically and mentally punishing schedule, his working-day for 28 June again lasted a little over five hours. Thus, in sum total, of 168 hours (representing the entire week 22-28 June inclusive) Stalin is officially recorded as holding meetings totalling 88 hours and 40 minutes in duration.(6) In overall terms, according to the available historical evidence, Stalin held 158 meetings, involving 45 named senior Soviet government and military figures during this entire period.(7)
Source: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/m...i_18678012
