In a podcast for the History Hub.ie podcast series Dr Judith Devlin (UCD) explores the reasons why people are so interested in Stalin’s personality. Dr Devlin lectures in Russian history in the School of History & Archives UCD and is the author of Slavophiles and Commissars: Enemies of Democracy in Modern Russia (Macmillan) and The Rise of the Russian Democrats: Causes and Consequences of the Elite Revolution (Elgar).

Why are people so interested in Stalin’s personality?

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Image: Josef Stalin. Source: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R80329 / CC-BY-SA [CC-BY-SA-3.0-de], via Wikimedia Commons