Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (Part 1)

PART 2:    • Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (Part 2)   Originally aired on C-SPAN2 "Book TV" on May 2nd, 2004, and uploaded to Youtube for ease of viewing and the sake of posterity. Original description: Mr. Montefiore talked about his book, Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, published by Knopf. In the book, the author examines the life and dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, from his rise to power in 1929 to his death in 1953. Stalin’s court and government are addressed, as well as his personal tastes, ideas, and philosophies. This is the first of two Booknotes programs covering Montefiore’s Stalin. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.