{"product_id":"rare-1947-soviet-book-joseph-stalin-a-short-biography-tsar-to-soviet-books","title":"Rare 1947 Soviet Book: Joseph Stalin A Short Biography | Tsar to Soviet Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRare 1947 Soviet Official Biography: \"Joseph Stalin: A Short Biography\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor collectors of Soviet political history, Cold War ephemera, and Stalin-era memorabilia, this \u003cb\u003e1947 original Soviet hardcover edition\u003c\/b\u003e is a central canonical document. Published in Moscow by \u003cb\u003eGospolitizdat\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eГосударственное издательство политической литературы\u003c\/i\u003e) under the editorial direction of the \u003cb\u003eMarx-Engels-Lenin Institute under the CC ACP(b)\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin: A Short Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eИосиф Виссарионович Сталин: Краткая биография\u003c\/i\u003e) was compiled by a commission of prominent party theoreticians including \u003cb\u003eG. F. Aleksandrov\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eP. N. Pospelov\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in a burgundy textured cloth-grained hardcover with gold foil title lettering, this 244-page volume represents the definitive post-WWII presentation of the Soviet leader's life and historical role.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranscaucasian Revolutionary Underground, Lenin Alliance \u0026amp; War Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e This state monograph documents every phase of Stalin's official canonical narrative:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Biography \u0026amp; Caucasian Underground:\u003c\/b\u003e Details his childhood in Gori, seminary education in Tiflis, organization of the \u003ci\u003eMesame Dasi\u003c\/i\u003e revolutionary Marxist core, strike management at the Adelkhanov shoe factory, illegal printing operations in Baku, and multiple Tsarist exiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCivil War \u0026amp; October Revolution:\u003c\/b\u003e Documents tactical operations in Tsaritsyn alongside Vladimir Lenin and Mikhail Kalinin during the Russian Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndustrialization \u0026amp; Great Patriotic War:\u003c\/b\u003e Summarizes Five-Year Plan industrialization drives, the collectivization campaign, and his role as Supreme Commander during WWII.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArchival Photography Plates:\u003c\/b\u003e Features tipped-in gravure plates, including the iconic 1929 portrait aboard the Black Sea Fleet cruiser \u003ci\u003e\"Chervona Ukraina\"\u003c\/i\u003e and the frontispiece portrait with facsimile signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplete Bibliographic Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин: Краткая биография (\u003ci\u003eJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin: A Short Biography\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompilers:\u003c\/b\u003e G. F. Aleksandrov, M. R. Galaktionov, V. S. Kruzhkov, M. B. Mitin, V. D. Mochalov, P. N. Pospelov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthority:\u003c\/b\u003e Institute of Marx-Engels-Lenin under the Central Committee of the ACP(b)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Gospolitizdat\" (\u003ci\u003eМосква\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947 (Moscow, USSR)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Russian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Original publisher's burgundy textured hardcover, gold foil stamping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/b\u003e 244 pages + photographic plates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassification:\u003c\/b\u003e Soviet Political History \/ Stalin Era \/ Official Biographies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore books \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tsartosovietsbooks.com\/products\/rare-1983-soviet-book-architecture-of-socialist-tbilisi-n-dzhashi-tsar-to-soviet-books?variant=48879080734952\" title=\"Georgian book\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tsar to Soviets books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48951090184424,"sku":"USSR0308","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/8743\/6008\/files\/photo_1_2026-08-27_12-16-58.jpg?v=1787819042","url":"https:\/\/tsartosovietsbooks.com\/products\/rare-1947-soviet-book-joseph-stalin-a-short-biography-tsar-to-soviet-books","provider":"Tsar to Soviets books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}