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This profile looks at how Stalin, despite being regarded as intellectually inferior by his rivals, managed to rise to power and rule the largest country in the world, achievieving divine-like status as a dictator.

Through recently uncovered research material and Stalin's archives in Moscow, Kuromiya analyzes how and why Stalin was a rare, even unique, politician who literally lived by politics alone. He analyses how Stalin understood psychology campaigns well and how he used this understanding in his political reign and terror. Kuromiya provides a convincing, concise and up-to-date an 410 0$aProfiles in power (London, England) 606 $aHeads of state$zSoviet Union$vBiography 607 $aSoviet Union$xHistory$y1925-1953 615 0$aHeads of state 676 $a947.084/2/092 676 $a947.0842092 700 $aKUROMIYA$b HIROAKI$0128089 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821812803321 996 $aSTALIN$94058183 997 $aUNINA