Stalin, I. V. Speech at the Election Meeting of Voters of the Stalin Electoral District, Moscow. February 9, 1946. In Russian.

Сталин И. В. Речь на предвыборном собрании избирателей Сталинского избирательного округа г. Москвы. 9 февраля 1946 г.
Тбилиси : Заря Востока, 1946.
22 с. ; 20 см. Мягкая оригинальная издательская обложка, обычный формат. Тираж 10 000 экз.
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Stalin, Joseph. Speech at the Pre-election Meeting of Voters of the Stalin Electoral District, Moscow. February 9, 1946.
Tbilisi: Zarya Vostoka, 1946.
22 pp.; 20 cm. Original softcover, regular format. Print run: 10,000 copies.

This 1946 pamphlet contains one of the most significant post-war orations by Joseph Stalin, often referred to by Western historians as the "Bolshoi Theatre Speech." Published in Tbilisi by the prestigious Zarya Vostoka house, this regional edition was issued just weeks after the speech was delivered on the eve of the first post-war elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In this address, Stalin analyzes the causes and results of World War II, asserting that the conflict was an inevitable result of "monopoly capitalism" and triumphantly declaring the superiority of the Soviet social and state system over any other. The text provides a deep typological analysis that offers a deep dive into the internal logic of the early Cold War transition, including the arrangement of the new economic priorities for the Fourth Five-Year Plan and the call for a massive increase in industrial and scientific output to ensure national security in the atomic age.
The speech is famously credited with signaling the end of the wartime "Grand Alliance" and the beginning of the ideological confrontation with the West. Stalin’s rhetoric here serves as the domestic blueprint for the reconstruction of the Soviet Union, focusing on the development of heavy industry and the strengthening of the Red Army. As a production of the Tbilisi-based "Zarya Vostoka," this edition highlights the systematic dissemination of the leader's directives to his native Georgia, maintaining a high level of ideological uniformity across the republics. Despite the stated print run of 10,000, these thin, fragile brochures were intended for mass agitation and were rarely preserved, making copies in the original softcover particularly notable for collectors of Staliniana and researchers of 20th-century geopolitical history. This 22-page document remains a primary source for understanding the pivot from total war to the decades of global competition that followed.