Stalin. Encyclopedia. Sukhodeev V.V.

Stalin's personality is akin to the most grandiose figures of the Renaissance, which, like the past century, marked the transition of mankind to a new round of historical development.

In the book proposed by the reader, an attempt was made with the help of a number of articles about events about events late XIX - mid -20th century, about Russian revolutions, about the Soviet era, about the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, as well as evidence of I.V. Stalin and his contemporaries to restore, if possible, a holistic and objective picture of the life and activity of the great leader.

And photographs of that time serve as an excellent addition to this fascinating story.