Joseph Stalin Part 1: The Young Bank Robber
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Starlin's Exile in Siberia
Amstaling was delighted, because this was his first revolutionary blooding. It showed that he had the czarists in effect, on the run. The young georgian dons his traditional chucker coat and voyages into the vast snowy desert. He covers just forty six miles of the four thousand mile journey before admitting defeat. With temperatures plummeting, starlin seeks out shelter by knocking on a small, dilapidated wooden hut. In july 19 o three, he gets a huge t check, is arrested and sentenced to three years of exile in eastern siberia. This part of siberia has plenty of other left wing exiles, but they don't interest
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