Stalin’s staying power

Joseph Stalin was violent and ruthless from an early age, and his criminality, his talents as an organiser and a manipulator, and his over-weening ambition, facilitated his later rise to power, says Geoffrey Roberts.

Sat, 08 Nov, 2014 - 00:00

Review: Geoffrey Roberts

Stalin, Vol. 1: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

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Courts Arts Film & TV Books Place: Tsarist Russia Place: Siberia Person: Stalin Person: Joseph Stalin Person: Geoffrey Roberts Person: Iosif Dzhugashvili Person: Lenin Person: Kotkin Event: Russian Revolution Organisation: Bolshevik

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