S8 Ep395: Geoffrey Roberts introduces Stalin's library at his dacha and discusses the dictator's youth, education, radicalization, and voracious reading habits in Georgia and the seminary that shaped his intellectual formation.
S8 Ep395: Geoffrey Roberts introduces Stalin's library at his dacha and discusses the dictator's youth, education, radicalization, and voracious reading habits in Georgia and the seminary that shaped his intellectual formation.  
Podcast: The John Batchelor Show
Published On: Sat Jan 31 2026
Description: Geoffrey Roberts introduces Stalin's library at his dacha and discusses the dictator's youth, education, radicalization, and voracious reading habits in Georgia and the seminary that shaped his intellectual formation.1920