Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928
Stephen Kotkin
Translated from English by N. Edelman; under scientific editorship by A. Belykh. – Moscow: Gaidar Institute Press, 2025. – 1408 p.
ISBN 978-5-93255-679-5 (general)
ISBN 978-5 -93255 -680-1 (Vol. 1)
Stephen Kotkin, a world-renowned historian and professor at Princeton University (USA), has made a successful attempt to write a comprehensive history of the entire Stalinist regime and its impact on Eurasia and the rest of the world. You are holding in your hands the first of three volumes of this work – Paradoxes of Power.
To understand who Stalin was, what he did not do, and what he did do, how he did it, Kotkin examines the world into which Stalin was born and in the formation of which he subsequently played such a significant role. The first volume examines the life and work of Stalin from his birth to 1928, when he made a choice that determined the future development of the country. Kotkin is convinced that no one in history has possessed or wielded more power than Stalin. But the paradox is that the more personal power he received, the more power he needed to overcome the consequences of his own rule.
ISBN 978-5-93255-679-5 (general)
ISBN 978-5 -93255 -680-1 (Vol. 1)
Stephen Kotkin, a world-renowned historian and professor at Princeton University (USA), has made a successful attempt to write a comprehensive history of the entire Stalinist regime and its impact on Eurasia and the rest of the world. You are holding in your hands the first of three volumes of this work – Paradoxes of Power.
To understand who Stalin was, what he did not do, and what he did do, how he did it, Kotkin examines the world into which Stalin was born and in the formation of which he subsequently played such a significant role. The first volume examines the life and work of Stalin from his birth to 1928, when he made a choice that determined the future development of the country. Kotkin is convinced that no one in history has possessed or wielded more power than Stalin. But the paradox is that the more personal power he received, the more power he needed to overcome the consequences of his own rule.