Stalin: Unmodified Archives - The Path to Power

Author: (Russia) Yemelianov
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The first volume of the Stalin Trilogy. Renowned historian IO.B. Yemelianov, based on extensive documentary evidence and firsthand accounts, uncovers the mysteries surrounding the life and career of the 20th century's most prominent and most controversial statesman, Stalin. Stripping away the historical froth of the successive deification and demonization campaigns surrounding Stalin, the author presents to us a truer Stalin with professional expertise. What role did Stalin's Georgian background and his studies at a theological seminary play in shaping his personality? Did Stalin work as an informant for the Tsarist police? How did Stalin enter the leadership of the Bolsheviks? Did Lenin intend to strip Stalin of his power? The author examines Stalin's political "evolution," convincingly explaining why Stalin was always at the helm of the nation during its most severe moments in history.