Stalin's Brutal Reign: Behind the Red Tsar

In this 'spoiler free' #bookrecommendations, I go over primary aspects of Simon Sebag Montefiore's two-volume biography 'Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar'. The video provides insights into Stalin's early life, his conflict with Lenin, and the bourgeois lifestyle of the Bolshevik elite despite their revolutionary ideals. Based on newly opened Kremlin archives, the book offers a more objective perspective on Stalin's rule and the inner workings of the Soviet regime. It highlights how the Bolsheviks essentially became the new aristocracy, enjoying privileges and wealth similar to the previous Tsarist system they had overthrown.

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