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Feb 2020
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The Childhood of Joseph Stalin

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Robert is joined by Cody Johnston to discuss the childhood of Stalin.


FOOTNOTES:

  1. Stalin as a Theological Student
  2. The Finnish City Where Lenin Met Stalin Still Lives in Russia's Shadow
  3. On the Origin and Significance of the Name "Stalin"
  4. Stalin, from Child to Bolshevik Leader
  5. HOW STALIN BECAME STALINIST
  6. Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 
  7. Young Stalin

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