Veteran, ultimately the sole survivor, of revolutionary movements in six countries, witness and participant in several of the great victories and defeats during the first half of the 20th century, Serge possessed unparalleled knowledge of people and events - as unparalleled as his dedication to the truth. And yet he will be remembered in history above all as a scholarly eyewitness, fundamentally a literary figure - a writer who speaks directly from the core of a socialist culture whose traditions and expectations, successes and failures he distilled and preserved in his writings.

"From Lenin to Stalin" was published by Serge as a more concise version of his extensive book "The Fate of a Revolution". Serge sheds light on the developments that defined the establishment of the Stalinist regime - and ultimately the subsequent history of humanity.