Young Stalin

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Montefiore, Sebag, [date]

  Young Stalin / Simon Sebag Montefiore.

  p. cm.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-49892-2

  1. Stalin, Joseph, 1879–1953. 2. Heads of state—

  Soviet Union—Biography. I. Title.

  DK268.S8M574 2007

  947.084′2092—DC22

  [B] 2007029220

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