Stalin: Victory and Tragedy

Author: [Russian] Volkogonov
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Against the enemy, we crush them today, we crushed them in the past, and we will also crush them in the future. You cannot deny that Stalin was an extraordinary person. In my eyes, he was merely a tool of the historical forces that were alien to me and hostile. This book primarily introduces Stalin, who was the most frequently criticized direct or indirect target of Trotsky. It is true that his main anti-Stalin works were written after he was expelled from the Soviet Union. Trotsky had a famous remark calling Stalin the "most outstanding mediocrity in our party." At the same time, Trotsky hardly concealed his claim to be a genius of extraordinary intellect. He often used such expressions, trying to belittle his opponents.