WHAT ARE PUTIN AND XI READING BESIDE STALIN'S SHORT COURSE? 1/8: Stalin's Library: A Dictator and his Books Hardcover –by Geoffrey Roberts

Jan 29, 01:26 AM

WHAT ARE PUTIN AND XI READING BESIDE STALIN'S SHORT COURSE? 1/8: Stalin's Library: A Dictator and his Books Hardcover –by  Geoffrey Roberts

https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Library-Dictator-his-Books/dp/0300179049/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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.

1930 SHANGHAI