Originally published between 1952 and 1989 the 3 volumes in this set


Utilize unpublished documents to build up a picture of Stalin with all his qualities and faults, crimes & achievements.


Examine the change from revolutionism to nationalism which took place in the Soviet Union during the 1930s.


Explore the way in which Stalin has been portrayed by Soviet, emigre Russian, and European writers including Orwell, Nabokov, Mandelstam, Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn