Tag: Russia

• Stalin in the 1930s Part II: The Great Terror

  Read Part I HERE! In his biography Stalin, Robert Service writes of Joseph as a young child being someone who was determined to prevail. “No matter how many times he was knocked down, he got back up and fought on.  He broke the rules if it helped him win.  Joseph was sly.  He was also ambitious:…

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  October 15, 2014

  History & Culture, Stalin

  Russia, Stalin, the Great Terror, USSR