num_pages: 494
description: Joseph Stalin's history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union first published in 1938. Colloquially known as the Short Course it was the most widely disseminated book during the reign of Joseph Stalin. It's commonly cited along with The Foundations of Leninism as the most important work expressing the ideology of the USSR under Stalin. The original Russian edition was sold at a price equivalent to that of 1.5 liters of milk.
language: English
title: History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course
publisher: Prism Key Press