This translation of J. V. Stalin's Works has been made from the text of the Russian edition prepared by the Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute of the Central Committee, CPSU. Some of J.V. Stalin's works given in Volumes 1 and 2 of the Russian edition of the Works are translations from the Georgian. This is indicated at the end of each of the works concerned.

The Fourth Volume of J. V. Stalin’s Works contains his writings and speeches belonging to the period immediately following the October Revolution, from November 1917 to December 1920. The works of this period deal with the consolidation of the socialist state system, the policy of the Soviet Government on the national question, the creation and strengthening of the Red Army, and military strategy and tactics in the period of foreign armed intervention and civil war.

Collected Works. Volume 9 on russian language by I. V. Stalin

Прижизненное изадние. Москва, 1951 - 53 гг. Государственное издательство политической литературы. Издательские переплеты. Сохранность хорошая. Собрание сочинений И.В.Сталина. Том 1. 1901 - 1907 гг. Том 2. 1907 - 1913 гг. Том 3. 1917 год. Март - октябрь Том 4. Ноябрь 1917 - 1920 гг. Том 5. 1921 - 1923 гг. Том 6. 1924 год Том 7. 1925 год Том 8. 1926 год. Январь - ноябрь Том 9. Декабрь 1926 - июль 1927 гг. Том 10. 1927 год. Август - декабрь Том 11. 1928 - март 1929 гг. Том 12. Апрель 1929 - июнь 1930 гг. Том 13. Июль 1930 - январь 1934 гг.