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Stalin: After Dark

Behind the Bastards

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The Bolsheviks - The Story of a 14 Year Old

At age nine, Stalin enrolled in a theological school. He was devout at first and never missed a mass since this was a religious school. Joseph decided that God didn't exist because if he did, the world would be more just. The teachers encouraged kids to rat out their peers for reading band literature. Later admitted to ratting out a whole bunch of kids.

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