History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev

Joseph Stalin (1x30)

Air date: Apr 07, 2022

This lecture examines the roots and political development of the man who would dominate Soviet life for more than a quarter-century, including his attraction to the Bolshevik ideology, his rise to power in an increasingly centralized Communist party, and his discontent with the NEP, which he would eventually cast aside.