Summary: the rise and fall of Stalin and how he rise to power in the USSR. The book is nonfiction with real
pictures embedded.

The history of famous Soviet Union Leader, Joseph Stalin is portrayed throughout this book. Basically, it talks about his life story. How he grew to power at a young age until even after his death. Its also discusses the events in time that happened throughout the entire with well illustrated pictures that gives us a better insight of how things looked like at the time.

This book tells us about Stalin's life. How he took control of the USSR and how he stayed in power for so long. We learned about what he did in office, how even though he his main supporters and his country were rich even though the people of his country were not. As a reader we also learned about how he starved his people in order to export as many goods as he could to other countries so his country could become more powerful and wealthy even though they truly weren't.

There is a lot to learn from reading this book, even if you have some knowledge of Russia and of Stalin during this time period. I was stunned to learn about some of the horrific things that happened under his reign. ( )

This was a very interesting text. I wish that I read it before Breaking Stalins Nose because I think that it would have helped me better understand why people were acting the way that they were in the story and how it impacted the main characters life.