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Stalin : a biography / Robert Service

Utilising newly accessible Moscow archives and personal testimonies, this biography provides a re-evaluation of the Soviet leader. It draws on private papers from across Russia and Georgia to challenge his reputation as a mere state bureaucrat.

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