To the Great Stalin: Verses and Poems (Velikomu Stalinu: Stikhi i poemy), 1949. In Russian.

Великому Сталину. Стихи и поэмы. / Перевод с грузинского языка. Художник Д. Кутателадзе.
Тбилиси : Заря Востока, 1949.
256 с. : ил. Твердый издательский переплет, энциклопедический формат. Тираж 10 000 экз.
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To the Great Stalin. Verses and Poems (Velikomu Stalinu: Stikhi i poemy). / Translated from the Georgian language. Illustrator: D. Kutateladze.
Tbilisi: Zarya Vostoka, 1949.
256 pp.: ill. Hardcover, encyclopedic format. Print run: 10,000 copies. In Russian.

This 1949 luxury edition is a quintessential artifact of the "Stalinist Empire" style and the height of the leader's personality cult. Published by the Tbilisi-based house Zarya Vostoka to commemorate the 70th birthday of Joseph Stalin, the volume is a grandiose anthology of Georgian poetry translated into Russian. It represents the ultimate tribute from Stalin's homeland, curated to showcase the ideological and emotional bond between the "Great Leader" and the Georgian Soviet Republic.
The collection features works by the most prominent Georgian poets of the era, including Galaktion Tabidze, Giorgi Leonidze, Simon Chikovani, and Ioseb Grishashvili. The verses navigate themes of revolutionary struggle, the "happy life" under socialism, and idealized depictions of the leader’s childhood in Gori and early revolutionary activities in Transcaucasia.
The artistic design of the book is led by D. Kutateladze, whose illustrations and ornamental motifs are deeply rooted in the Socialist Realist tradition, blended with national Georgian decorative elements. As an encyclopedic format edition, it was intended to serve as a ceremonial object, often presented as a gift to high-ranking officials or prominent Stakhanovite workers.
With a print run of 10,000 copies, which was relatively modest for such a high-profile commemorative publication, this book is now a highly sought-after item for collectors of Sovietica, historians of the personality cult, and bibliophiles interested in the art of the Stalin-era book. It stands as a dramatic testament to the monumentalism and aesthetic rigor of post-war Soviet propaganda.