How many pages did Stalin read a day?

500 pages
Even as the Soviet system’s centralised bureaucracy revolved around Stalin with hundreds of documents crossing his desk every day, he still found time for his books, claiming to confidants that he read 500 pages a day. While Stalin’s native language was Georgian his preferred medium of communication was Russian.

What was Stalin’s book called?

The Great Terror (book)

Cover of The Great Terror: A Reassessment, the 1990 revised version of the book
Authors	Robert Conquest
Original title	The Great Terror: Stalin’s Purge of the Thirties
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

What kind of books did Stalin read?

IN the early fall of 1940, The New York Times Book Review was probably not the gravest threat facing the Soviet Union.

How many hours did Stalin work a day?

In 1929, the transition to a 5-day week was decreed, but it rose back to eight hours a day, 6-days a week just before World War II. After the war, it went down to seven hours (1956-1960), but was still six days a week. This agrees with a CIA report (1961).

Was Joseph Stalin a poet?

Before he became a Bolshevik revolutionary and the leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin was a promising poet.

What is the best biography of Lenin?

Lenin: A Biography by Robert Service If you need a quick fix on Lenin, his life and political career, then this is the best standard popular biography to date.

What was the name the history book that described the relationship between Lenin and Stalin?

Lenin’s Testament
Created	Final weeks of 1922 and the first week of 1923
Presented	January 1924
Author(s)	Vladimir Lenin
Subject	Future leadership of the Soviet Union

Is Stalin a author?

With a ferocious determination worthy of his subject, the author debunks many of the myths to have encrusted themselves around Stalin…. [A] magnificent biography.