Stalin the intellectual: the dictator cast in a new light

Geoffrey Roberts gives us Stalin the writer and profound thinker, whose avid reading shaped every decision he made

From magazine issue: 05 February 2022

Stalin at his desk. [Getty Images]

issue 05 February 2022

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