Stalin: A Biography
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Stalin: A Biography is an biography
of Joseph Stalin
written by Robert Service
. It was published in 2004 to wide acclaim.
The book is a weighty and descriptive account of Stalin’s life, covering in detail his youth, rise to power and rule. It uses a personal style which ‘humanizes Stalin without ever diminishing the extent of the atrocities he unleashed upon the Soviet population.’
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
written by Robert Service
Robert Service (historian)
Robert John Service is a British historian, academic, and author who has written extensively on the history of Soviet Russia, particularly the era from the October Revolution to Stalin's death...
. It was published in 2004 to wide acclaim.
The book is a weighty and descriptive account of Stalin’s life, covering in detail his youth, rise to power and rule. It uses a personal style which ‘humanizes Stalin without ever diminishing the extent of the atrocities he unleashed upon the Soviet population.’