num_pages: 715
description: Reveals the complex story of the Soviet dictator, from his dysfunctional childhood in Soviet Georgia, through his education and early political activism, to his tyrannical control over the Soviet Union and the legacy of his reign.
language: English
title: Stalin: A Biography
titlecomplete: Stalin: A Biography
characters: Joseph Stalin
genres: Biography, Russian Revolution, Politics, European History, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Russian History, Russia, History, World War II
ratings_count: 1624
publisher: Picador