“Although Postnov doesn’t mention it, Putin’s reference to Beria may constitute a defense both of Stalin and of Putin himself, an appeal to remember the positive things he says he and his predecessor did and not just the negative ones.”
8/12 Tito's autographed portrait for "Comrade Stalin". April 14, 1945 [Source: RGASPI]. Soon Tito and Stalin fell out, and Stalin would scheme to kill Tito but never managed.
1949.8.12 Proletarians of all countries, unite! All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), CENTRAL COMMITTEE 19 2 Hello Comrade Mao Tse-tung! Your letter received. Comrade L-Shao-chi and other comrades were listened to several times by the Central Committee of the CPSU with my participation. 〜
/We'll probably never know but in all likelihood the plane crash was arranged by Stalin in order to get rid of the nationalist Uighurs whom he had previously supported in their struggle to establish an independent republic in Xinjiang. They were no longer useful. https://bit.ly/3yOkKTx
Stalin allied himself with Nazi Germany in a joint effort to destroy the states of East Central Europe. The Soviet Union fought the Nazis after Hitler's betrayal forced it to, not out of an anti-Fascist conviction.
This day in 1940, the NKVD (Soviet secret police) began the execution of 22,000 Polish officers and intelligentsia to prevent a potential future Polish military. The shootings started in the evening and ended at dawn throughout April and May. #WW2