(50.23)

Price: 100.00 euro
Size: 27.5×21.5cm./10.8×8.4inch.
Weight: 1752gr./61.7oz.
Year: 1949
Pages: 354
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org

Book about Stalin made in Ukraine, 1949. “For the Great Stalin” jubilee edition, 70 years jubilee of Soviet leader Stalin. Collection of verses, poems and prosaic works of most prominent Ukrainian poets and writers as well as some folklore. Illustrated luxury edition. Impressive sample of Stalin era communist propaganda. Language Ukrainian.
Stalin was born in Georgia in 1878 under the name Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili . When he was in his 30’s he took the name Stalin wich means “man of steel”. He joined the militant wing of the Bolsheviks led by Lenin. In order to fund the Bolsheviks he took part in several bank robbery’s.
When Lenin died in 1924 he took control and became leader of the Sovjet Union (founded in 1922 by Lenin). In 1942 Nazi Germany invaded the Sovet Union and gained much ground until they reached Moscow. Stalin refused to leave Moscow and after the battle of Stalingrad Stalins army’s defeated the germans until they reached Berlin. In 1953 he died ending his leadership.