Stephen Kotkin — How Stalin became the most powerful dictator in history

Stephen Kotkin — How Stalin became the most powerful dictator in history
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My guest today is Stephen Kotkin, who is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of two-thirds of his three-volume Stalin biographies. The first one, Stalin: Paradoxes of Power. The second one, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler. Thank you for coming on my podcast. Thank you for the honor of the invitation. Let's begin with the tsarist regim... Read More
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