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100 1  Roberts, Geoffrey,|d1952-|eauthor. 
245 10 Stalin's library :|ba dictator and his books /|cGeoffrey 
       Roberts. 
264  1 New Haven, CT :|bYale University Press,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations 
       (black and white) ;|c24 cm 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) and 
       index. 
520 8  In this engaging life of the twentieth century's most self
       -consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores 
       the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they 
       taught him. Stalin firmly believed in the transformative 
       potential of words and his voracious appetite for reading 
       guided him throughout his years. A biography as well as an
       intellectual portrait, this book explores all aspects of 
       Stalin's tumultuous life and politics.0 Stalin, an avid 
       reader from an early age, amassed a surprisingly diverse 
       personal collection of thousands of books, many of which 
       he marked and annotated revealing his intimate thoughts, 
       feelings, and beliefs. Based on his wide-ranging research 
       in Russian archives, Roberts tells the story of the 
       creation, fragmentation, and resurrection of Stalin's 
       personal library. As a true believer in communist ideology,
       Stalin was a fanatical idealist who hated his enemies-the 
       bourgeoisie, kulaks, capitalists, imperialists, 
       reactionaries, counter-revolutionaries, traitors-but 
       detested their ideas even more. 
600 10 Stalin, Joseph,|d1878-1953.|1https://isni.org/isni/
       0000000121457825 
600 10 Stalin, Joseph,|d1878-1953|xBooks and reading. 
650  0 Heads of state|zSoviet Union|vBiography. 
650  0 Heads of state|xBooks and reading|zSoviet Union. 
651  0 Soviet Union|xIntellectual life|y1917-1970.