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The fascination with evil; that is how I describe reading this book. Because the main character - Josyp Stalin - fascinated like a snake. His evil is unwavering; from the early 1920's until his death in 1953; Stalin plots, deceives, fools, liquidates, anyone he feels threatened by, or annoyed with; whether one person or millions of persons. This book reveals the personal Stalin - his private life, family life, likes and dislikes, paranoia, psychoticism, rage, and guilt - his private dinners while on vacation in the Crimea and Georgia; his conversations with the Politburo members who lived in…
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20 editions · 6 languages- Paperback · English · 2014Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 9781780228358
- Paperback · English · 2005Vintage · 785 pages · 9781400076789
- Paperback · English · 2004Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 852 pages · 9780753817667
- Paperback · English · 2004Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 720 pages · 9781842127568
- Audiobook · English · 2004Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 9780752866017
- Audiobook · English · 2004Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 9780752866024
BiographyHead of stateHistoryPolitics and government.Heads of statePolitics and governmentSoviet union, history, 1917-1936Soviet union, history, 1925-1953