STALIN JOSEPH: (1878-1953) Soviet Dictator. Leader of the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the C...

STALIN JOSEPH: (1878-1953) Soviet Dictator. Leader of the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party 1922-52. Rare A.N.S., `J. Stalin´, one page, 8vo, Moscow, 9th March 1930, in Cyrillic. The document bears the printed heading ''Office Memorandum - Assistant Commander of the Artillery Regiment of the Moscow Proletarian Rifle Division''. Rare autograph note by Stalin, `I don´t need this document. Let it remain in the archive of the October Revolution.´ Boldly written response by Stalin in blue pencil, beneath the red ink written text stating `I hereby confirm that comrade Voronin served with me in the artillery battalion of the 58th rifle division in 1921´. Very small creasing to the borders, otherwise G £8000-12000