Stalin, I. V. On Youth (Akhalgazrdobis shesakheb), 1940. In Georgian.

სტალინი, ი. ბ. ახალგაზრდობის შესახებ : კრებული. / წინასიტყვ. ემ. იაროსლავსკი.
თბილისი : საბჭოთა მწერლის გამომცემლობა (საბლიტგამი), 1940.
180 გვ. ; 17 სმ. ტირაჟი 5000 ც.
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Stalin, I. V. On Youth: A Collection. / Preface by Em. Yaroslavsky.
Tbilisi : Sablitgam (Soviet Writer Publishing House), 1940.
180 pp. ; 17 cm. Print run: 5,000 copies. In Georgian.

This 1940 Georgian-language edition is a specialized ideological collection aimed at the mobilization and upbringing of the younger generation in the Georgian SSR during the late Stalinist period. Published by Sablitgam in Tbilisi, the book brings together Joseph Stalin's key speeches, letters, and articles addressed specifically to the Komsomol (Young Communist League) and Soviet students. The volume is introduced with a preface by Emelyan Yaroslavsky, a prominent Bolshevik leader and the head of the League of Militant Atheists, who was a key figure in shaping the historical narrative of the Party.
The collection emphasizes the "Stalinist" virtues of discipline, loyalty to the motherland, and the mastery of science and technology as the primary duties of the youth in the construction of a socialist society. Published just a year before the Soviet Union entered World War II, the book reflects the intense militarization and ideological consolidation of the era. The Georgian translation provided a way for the local youth and party cadres in Stalin’s homeland to engage with his "canonical" directives in their native tongue.
With a relatively modest print run of 5,000 copies, this small-format (pocket) edition was intended for mass circulation within schools, youth organizations, and regional party offices. For historians of the Georgian SSR, researchers of Soviet youth policy, and collectors of Staliniana, this 1940 Tbilisi publication is a significant artifact of pre-war propaganda and the local implementation of the cult of personality.