Прочитала книгу А. Рыбакова "Дети Арбата". Под впечатлением....

I read the book by A. Rybakov "Children of the Arbat". Impressed. Previously, the words "repression", "enemy of the people", "personality cult" were just words. Now these words were overgrown with details, terrible details, and became a reflection of the era. Yes, probably Rybakov is somewhat biased. But it's hard not to believe him. According to his logic, it turns out that for a couple of decades the head of state was a person who was guided in making decisions by personal motives (whether a person bows his head subserviently enough), who has developed megalomania and persecution mania, extremely vindictive. It is scary to think that because of the decisions of one suspicious and cowardly person, the country has lost millions of lives. Tens of millions. And not only in wartime. It’s scary to think about what the country was, created on the basis of mutual responsibility. Anyone can pass you up for anything. There is no truth.
Friends, I really want to read something else on the topic (Stalin's rule, repression, WWII), preferably alternative sources. Advise who is in the subject.