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He has also worked as an adviser to the labour government and to the bbc television comedy series the thick of it. Aug 11, 2002 historians hit back as author labels stalins terror a black farce. Both authors write fluently and well, which makes reading more. Martin sixsmith romps through 1,000 years of russian history in just short of 550 pages. Dec 20, 2016 the story of art in the russian revolution by martin sixsmith published 20 december 2016.