Stalin, I. V. Problems of Leninism (Voprosy leninizma), 1953. In Russian.

Сталин И. В. Вопросы ленинизма. / Издание одиннадцатое.
Москва : Государственное издательство политической литературы (Госполитиздат), 1953.
652 с. Издательский коленкоровый переплет, увеличенный формат.
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Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich. Problems of Leninism. / Eleventh edition.
Moscow : State Publishing House of Political Literature, 1953.
652 pp. Publisher's calico binding, large format. In Russian.

This 1953 volume is the final, definitive edition of Joseph Stalin’s primary theoretical work released during the year of his death. "Problems of Leninism" served as the ideological foundation of the Soviet state, codifying the transition from revolutionary theory to the rigid structure of "Stalinism" as the only orthodox interpretation of Marxist-Leninist thought. The eleventh edition is particularly significant as it represents the peak of the cult of personality in print, meticulously edited to reflect the official party line at the very close of the Stalin era. The book is a massive collection of reports, speeches, and articles, including the foundational "Foundations of Leninism" and "Concerning Questions of Leninism," which redefined the roles of the party, the peasantry, and the state in the construction of socialism. This edition is characterized by its high production quality, featuring a durable calico (buckram) binding and a large format, intended for use by party cadres, educators, and in state libraries across the USSR. As a 1953 imprint, it stands at a historic crossroads: it is a document of the absolute height of Stalin's authority, published just before the "Thaw" and the 1956 de-Stalinization campaign would lead to the systematic removal and destruction of such volumes from Soviet public life. For historians of political thought and collectors of Soviet artifacts, this edition is a crucial primary source of the era’s "canonical" language.