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041			_aEnglish
082			_a947.0842 _bROB/ST
100			_aRoberts, Geoffrey
245			_aSTALIN'S LIBRARY
250			_a1
260			_aLondon _bYale University Press _c2025
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500			_a A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library “[A] fascinating new study.”—Michael O’Donnell, Wall Street Journal In this engaging life of the twentieth century’s most self-consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they taught him. Stalin firmly believed in the transformative potential of words, and his voracious appetite for reading guided him throughout his years. A biography as well as an intellectual portrait, this book explores all aspects of Stalin’s tumultuous life and politics. Stalin, an avid reader from an early age, amassed a surprisingly diverse personal collection of thousands of books, many of which he marked and annotated, revealing his intimate thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Based on his wide-ranging research in Russian archives, Roberts tells the story of the creation, fragmentation, and resurrection of Stalin’s personal library. As a true believer in communist ideology, Stalin was a fanatical idealist who hated his enemies—the bourgeoisie, kulaks, capitalists, imperialists, reactionaries, counter-revolutionaries, traitors—but detested their ideas even more.
650			_aHistory & geography
650			_aHistory of Europe
650			_aRussia and neighboring east European countries
650			_aRussian & Slavic History by Period
650			_a1855-
650			_a1917-1953 ; Communist period
650			_a1924-1953 (Stalin)
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999			_c195917 _d195917