StalinAn account of the life of the man who shaped the Soviet Union, from pre-revolutionary Russia to its evolution as a superpower and the descent of the "Iron Curtain." |
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... meant full stomachs , health , and happiness . It meant being a person . There'd come a time when they'd kill for land . About the time of Soso's birth , industries began to spring up in cities such as Moscow , St. Petersburg , and Kiev ...
... meant full stomachs , health , and happiness . It meant being a person . There'd come a time when they'd kill for land . About the time of Soso's birth , industries began to spring up in cities such as Moscow , St. Petersburg , and Kiev ...
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... meant nothing , so long as the revolution went forward . The members of the Tiflis Social Democratic Party were not bloodthirsty . Basically decent people , their revolution was not meant to throw away innocent lives , but to achieve ...
... meant nothing , so long as the revolution went forward . The members of the Tiflis Social Democratic Party were not bloodthirsty . Basically decent people , their revolution was not meant to throw away innocent lives , but to achieve ...
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... meant you'd be a wreck for the rest of your life . You got TB [ tuberculosis ] and you'd never be out of hospitals as long as you lived . And the fellows who did fifteen days were dead and buried . Stalin treated animals better than ...
... meant you'd be a wreck for the rest of your life . You got TB [ tuberculosis ] and you'd never be out of hospitals as long as you lived . And the fellows who did fifteen days were dead and buried . Stalin treated animals better than ...
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