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Country United Kingdom Publisher Macmillan Pages 715 Subject Biography Followed by Trotsky: A Biography | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 2004 Originally published 2004 Page count 715 Preceded by Lenin: A Biography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stalin: A Biography is a 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."
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Stalin: A Biography Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA