{"product_id":"joseph-stalin-the-dictator-of-the-ussr-9781980936879","title":"Joseph Stalin: The Dictator of the USSR","description":"\u003cp\u003eInitially presiding over an oligarchic one-party regime that governed by plurality, Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili became the de facto dictator of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin raised funds for Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction via robberies, kidnappings, and protection rackets. Repeatedly arrested, he underwent several internal exiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside you'll read about\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Georgia with rage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinds of change begin to blow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarfare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePurges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe great terror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Great Patriotic War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVictory and aftermath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCold War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll things must end\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd much more \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo eradicate those regarded as \"enemies of the working class\", Stalin instituted the \"Great Purge\" in which over a million were imprisoned and at least 700,000 were executed from 1934 to 1939. In 1939 Stalin's government signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany. Germany ended the pact by invading the Soviet Union in 1941. The Soviet Red Army halted the German incursion and captured Berlin in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50366977245458,"sku":"9781980936879","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7695232e-8002-432a-b041-cecc448ce290.jpg?v=1728482905","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/joseph-stalin-the-dictator-of-the-ussr-9781980936879","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}