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Dialectical and Historical Materialism and Other Writings
"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic."This Graphyco edition includes 20 historical and biographical footnotesto make the book an easier read.
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin(1878-1953) was a Georgian born in Gori, Russian Empire revolutionary and Soviet politican who became the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from the mid 1920s until his death in 1953. Initially he governed the Soviet Union as part of a collective but throughout the years he consolidated power and became the country’s de facto dictator by the 1930s.
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin(1878-1953) was a Georgian born in Gori, Russian Empire revolutionary and Soviet politican who became the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from the mid 1920s until his death in 1953. Initially he governed the Soviet Union as part of a collective but throughout the years he consolidated power and became the country’s de facto dictator by the 1930s.
108 pages, Paperback
Published September 7, 2020
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Joseph Stalin
594 books496 followersJoseph Stalin, originally Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, was a Soviet revolutionary, politician and statesman who became the leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953).
Initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he consolidated power to become an informal dictator by the 1930s. Ideologically adhering to the Leninist interpretation of Marxism, he formalised these ideas as Marxism–Leninism, while his own policies are called Stalinism.
Initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he consolidated power to become an informal dictator by the 1930s. Ideologically adhering to the Leninist interpretation of Marxism, he formalised these ideas as Marxism–Leninism, while his own policies are called Stalinism.
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September 14, 2026
Yeah, so of the three editions of Stalin’s writings from this specific publisher, this is far and away the absolute worst. Not even reviewing the content itself, but the structure of this is basically unreadable. The other two weren’t great as far as errors were concerned, but this one feels downright lazy. It’s supposed to be “annotated”, but said annotations are not at the bottom of the page as normal. Sometimes they will break up paragraphs or even sentences with no real warning. It’s as if they pasted this from a word document and didn’t think to check if it at least looked good. This is just a hot mess and I do NOT recommend it. I’ll read these specific writings elsewhere.
February 4, 2025
Drudgery!
The best parts were Marx quotations, so I might as well just read more Marx.
Not interested enough to read "Anarchism or Socialism" from this compilation; even if the philosophical content is decent, I do not enjoy Stalin's style of writing at all.
The best parts were Marx quotations, so I might as well just read more Marx.
Not interested enough to read "Anarchism or Socialism" from this compilation; even if the philosophical content is decent, I do not enjoy Stalin's style of writing at all.
August 13, 2025
Stalin so sassy, lmao. Really concise works and incredibly reflexive on the state of true principled Marxists today against Anarchists and the like.
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