ABSTRACT

Born in 1879 in Georgia, Stalin joined the Bolsheviks under Lenin in 1903 and became General Secretary of the Communist Party in 1922. These edited papers reassess the deeds, policies and legacy of a man who was responsible for innumerable deaths and untold human misery.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter |21 pages

Stalin's Politics of Obligation

chapter |35 pages

Stalin's Martyrs

The Tragic Romance of the Russian Revolution

chapter |23 pages

From Stalinism to Post-Stalinism

De-Mythologising Stalin, 1953–56

chapter |19 pages

Recent Western Views of Stalin's Russia

Social and Cultural Aspects