{"product_id":"stalin-1990-complete-2-volume-first-soviet-edition-by-lev-trotsky","title":"Stalin (1990) – Complete 2-Volume First Soviet Edition by Lev Trotsky","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"487\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn important historical publication from the era of \u003cstrong data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"158\"\u003eGlasnost and Perestroika\u003c\/strong\u003e, this complete \u003cstrong data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"217\"\u003etwo-volume edition of \u003cem data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"206\"\u003eStalin\u003c\/em\u003e (Сталин)\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"237\"\u003eLeon Trotsky\u003c\/strong\u003e was officially published in the Soviet Union for the first time in \u003cstrong data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"313\"\u003e1990\u003c\/strong\u003e. Written during Trotsky's exile and left unfinished after his assassination in 1940, this influential political biography remained unavailable to Soviet readers for decades.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"858\"\u003ePrepared under the editorship of historian \u003cstrong data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"552\"\u003eYuri Felshtinsky\u003c\/strong\u003e, the edition was based on Trotsky's surviving manuscripts preserved in the \u003cstrong data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"670\"\u003eHoughton Library at Harvard University\u003c\/strong\u003e and previously published abroad. It represents one of the landmark historical publications of the late Soviet period, when previously restricted political works became publicly available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"997\"\u003eAn essential collectible for historians, researchers of the Russian Revolution, Soviet politics, and twentieth-century political thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"999\" data-end=\"1002\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1c7c49r\" data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1015\"\u003eContents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1045\"\u003eThe two-volume set includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1456\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1tfcdo5\" data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1095\"\u003eTrotsky's extensive biography of Joseph Stalin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1mxrwb7\" data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1144\"\u003eStalin's early life and revolutionary activity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1xtf1oh\" data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1196\"\u003eThe Bolshevik movement and the Russian Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"jfc6dg\" data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1259\"\u003eThe Civil War and Stalin's rise within the Soviet leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1jy0ubf\" data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1302\"\u003eAnalysis of Soviet political development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"10m1e3r\" data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1347\"\u003eEditorial introduction by Yuri Felshtinsky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"ihkp2k\" data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1456\"\u003eArchival notes, manuscript fragments, and supplementary materials preserved from Trotsky's unfinished work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1461\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"3hh6by\" data-start=\"1463\" data-end=\"1478\"\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1480\" 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data-end=\"1776\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"1809\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"1809\"\u003eVery Good Vintage Condition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1811\" data-end=\"2079\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"14br7je\" data-start=\"1811\" data-end=\"1836\"\u003eComplete two-volume set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"18d821u\" data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"1875\"\u003eOriginal matching hardcover bindings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"xi8yiy\" data-start=\"1876\" data-end=\"1909\"\u003eBindings remain firm and secure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"lqyge3\" data-start=\"1910\" data-end=\"1955\"\u003eClean pages with no writing or highlighting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"vb01ga\" data-start=\"1956\" data-end=\"2011\"\u003eLight natural age toning typical of late Soviet paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"lgk5pu\" 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