num_pages: 397
description: Based on ten years' astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy became a student priest, romantic poet, gangster mastermind, prolific lover, murderous revolutionary, and the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image: How Stalin became Stalin.
language: English
title: Young Stalin
titlecomplete: Young Stalin
characters: Joseph Stalin
genres: Historical, Biography, War, Politics, European History, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Russian History, Russia, History
ratings_count: 7020
series: Joseph Stalin 
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Biography, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Costa Book Award
category: Biography, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Biography
publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson