History That Doesn't Suck — 186: From Czardom to Stalinism: Building the USSR & the Ascent of Joseph Stalin

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186: From Czardom to Stalinism: Building the USSR & the Ascent of Joseph Stalin

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“Comrade Stalin, now that he is general secretary, has concentrated immense power in his hands, and I am not sure whether he will always be capable of exercising this power with sufficient caution.” This is the story of Joseph Stalin’s path to becoming the dictator of the USSR. Ioseb (Joseph) Jughashvili, or little…

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