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Rare 1947 Soviet Official Biography: "Joseph Stalin: A Short Biography"

For collectors of Soviet political history, Cold War ephemera, and Stalin-era memorabilia, this 1947 original Soviet hardcover edition is a central canonical document. Published in Moscow by Gospolitizdat (Государственное издательство политической литературы) under the editorial direction of the Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute under the CC ACP(b), Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin: A Short Biography (Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин: Краткая биография) was compiled by a commission of prominent party theoreticians including G. F. Aleksandrov and P. N. Pospelov.

Bound 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.

Transcaucasian Revolutionary Underground, Lenin Alliance & War Leadership This state monograph documents every phase of Stalin's official canonical narrative:

• Early Biography & Caucasian Underground: Details his childhood in Gori, seminary education in Tiflis, organization of the Mesame Dasi revolutionary Marxist core, strike management at the Adelkhanov shoe factory, illegal printing operations in Baku, and multiple Tsarist exiles.

• Civil War & October Revolution: Documents tactical operations in Tsaritsyn alongside Vladimir Lenin and Mikhail Kalinin during the Russian Civil War.

• Industrialization & Great Patriotic War: Summarizes Five-Year Plan industrialization drives, the collectivization campaign, and his role as Supreme Commander during WWII.

• Archival Photography Plates: Features tipped-in gravure plates, including the iconic 1929 portrait aboard the Black Sea Fleet cruiser "Chervona Ukraina" and the frontispiece portrait with facsimile signature.

Complete Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин: Краткая биография (Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin: A Short Biography)

• Compilers: G. F. Aleksandrov, M. R. Galaktionov, V. S. Kruzhkov, M. B. Mitin, V. D. Mochalov, P. N. Pospelov

• Authority: Institute of Marx-Engels-Lenin under the Central Committee of the ACP(b)

• Publisher: "Gospolitizdat" (Москва)

• Publication Date: 1947 (Moscow, USSR)

• Language: Russian

• Binding: Original publisher's burgundy textured hardcover, gold foil stamping

• Page Count: 244 pages + photographic plates

• Classification: Soviet Political History / Stalin Era / Official Biographies

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