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That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A Pamphleteer. In 1918 He Was Identified As "Chairman Of The Council Of People's Commissars And Journalist," And Earned More Money From Publication Honoraria (15,000 Rubles) Than From His Salary (10,000 Rubles).17 Trotsky Was A Writer As Well, And A Grandiloquent Orator, But Similarly Without Experience Or Training In Statecraft. Sverdlov Was Something Of An Amateur Forger, Thanks To His Father's Engraving Craft, And A Crack Political Organizer But Hardly An Experienced Policy Maker. Stalin Was Also An Organizer, A Rabble-rouser, And, Briefly, A Bandit, But Primarily A Periodicals Editor - Commissar Of Nationalities Was Effectively His First Regular Employment Since His Brief Stint As A Teenage Tiflis Weatherman. Now,

Stephen Kotkin Quotes: That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A

Stephen Kotkin Quotes: That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A

Stephen Kotkin Quotes: That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A

Stephen Kotkin Quotes: That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A

Stephen Kotkin Quotes: That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A

Stephen Kotkin Quotes: That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A

Stephen Kotkin Quotes: That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A

Stephen Kotkin Quotes: That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A

Stephen Kotkin Quotes: That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A

Stephen Kotkin Quotes: That Such Lowly Beginnings Would Soon Become One Of The World's Strongest Dictatorships Is Beyond Fantastic. Lenin Was Essentially A

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