Stalin was a leading communist revolutionary of the twentieth century whose seminal contribution is increasingly felt in the twenty first century. His name is identified with the construction of socialism in the Soviet Union, the victory over fascism in the Second World War and the transition to communist society. These colossal victories would not have been possible without the defeat of the oppositions led by Trotsky and Bukharin who opposed socialist industrialisation and collectivisation. By the time of the death of Stalin a large people's democratic camp had been built up in central and eastern Europe and Asia alongside the USSR.
Yet the writings of Stalin are not easy to locate despite the fact that a number of websites include some of his works. 13 Volumes of the Works were completed in English prior to the Twentieth Congress of the CPSU in 1956. The dummy of Volume 14 had been printed prior to this event and the publication of the volume was announced before the Closed Speech. It was not to be printed. The Soviet archives show that preparatory work had also begun for volumes 15-17 of the Works of Stalin. This archive represents an attempt to widen the availability of the writings of this classic of Marxism. We begin by reconstituting Volumes 14 to 18 of the Works of Stalin which were published by Red Star Press, London in the 1970s and 1980s. These volumes which are much in demand have been out of print for many years. The Red Star Press compilation drew upon the labours of communists who had gathered materials for the publication of the Works of Stalin in French and German. Volume 14 was published in Albanian by the Party of Labour of Albania. In Spain Volumes 14 and 15 were published. In the United States, Volumes 14 to 16 were published in Russian from Stanford based upon the official Soviet publications. Volumes 14-16 Works of Stalin began to be published in Greek in 2004; the last tome, covering the period 1946 to 1953, is to be published in the near future.
Under Khrushchev and Brezhnev some of the contributions of Stalin bearing upon diplomatic matters were published in the Soviet Union. We are placing a part of these on the web. After the fall of the USSR, volumes 14 to 18 have been published in Russian and more are under preparation under the editorship of Prof. Richard Kosalapov. A new Volume 15 Part I has been recently published. With the opening up of the Stalin Archive currently held in the former Central Party Archive of the CPSU a considerable part of the vast body of Stalin's writings are now available in the public domain. In the near future we plan to put on the web in a chronological form some of Stalin's writings which are not included in existing collections. This is an international task and we appeal for assistance on this in terms of the location of materials and the translation of Stalin's writings from the Russian. Those who wish to help in this cause may contact us at: editor_revdem@rediffmail.com.
We have now put volumes 1 to 13 on the site in pdf format, using the material from the Marx2Mao site. We give the indexes in each volume here for ease of locating documents. In the pdfs, the contents for each volume are on page vii, which can be accessed by entering vii (in lower case) on the page locator in the pdf. The articles are all linked to the index, so they can be accessed by just clicking on the title in the contents of the pdf.
WORKERS OF THE CAUCASUS, IT IS TIME TO TAKE REVENGE!
TO CITIZENS. LONG LIVE THE RED FLAG!
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE BAKU COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 22, 1910 (For the Forthcoming General Party Conference).
WHAT DID WE EXPECT FROM THE CONFERENCE?
WHAT DO THE CAPITALISTS WANT?
MORE ON THE SUBJECT OF STOCKHOLM.
WHO REALLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFEAT AT THE FRONT?
YOU WILL WAIT IN VAIN!
WHO IS TORPEDOING THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY?
THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION IS MOBILIZING—PREPARE TO RESIST!
WHAT IS THE UKRAINIAN RADA?
Wherein Lies the Strength of Our Army?
Total Losses of Materiel and Men.
III. The Immediate Tasks of the R.C.P.
How Should the Defects in Internal Party Life Be Removed?
Wherein Lies the Strength of Our Party in the Towns?
WORKING WOMEN AND PEASANT WOMEN, REMEMBER AND CARRY OUT ILYICH'S BEHESTS!
THE PROSPECTS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF GERMANY AND THE QUESTION OF BOLSHEVISATION. Interview with Herzog, Member of the C.P.G.
5. Ideological Struggle or Slander?
What Caused the Strike in Britain?
Why Did the British General Strike Fail?
7. What Is the Opposition Bloc Counting on?
III. The Question of Building Socialism in the U.S.S.R.
2. We are Building and Can Completely Build the Economic Basis of Socialism in the U.S.S.R.
IV. The Threat of War and the Defence of the U.S.S.R.
I. The Growing Crisis of World Capitalism and the External Situation of the U.S.S.R.
4. The Capitalist World and the U.S.S.R.
II. The Successes of Socialist Construction and the Internal Situation in the U.S.S.R.
LENIN AND THE QUESTION OF THE ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE PEASANT. Reply to Comrade S.
II. Questions of Socialist Construction in the U.S.S.R.
I. One Line or Two Lines?
External Situation of the U.S.S.R.
II. The Increasing Advance of Socialist Construction and the Internal Situation in the U.S.S.R.
GREETINGS TO THE RED ARMY ON ITS FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY. To the Revolutionary Military Council of the U.S.S.R.
II. The Continuing Progress of the National Economy and the Internal Situation in the U.S.S.R.
Who are the "National Socialists"?