“But you know, a wizard with black hair and a thick mustache put a curse on Moscow, and Petrograd, too, so that no one would be able to tell the truth without lying. If a novelist wrote a true story about how things really happened, no one would believe him, and he might even be punished for spreading propaganda. But if he wrote a book full of lies about things that could never really happen, with only a few true things hidden in it, well, he would be hailed as a hero of the People, given a seat at a writers' café, served wine and ukha, and not have to pay for any of it. He'd get a salaried summer on the dacha, and be feted. Even given a medal by the wizard with the thick mustache."The waiter whistled. "That's a good curse. I should like to shake that wizard's hand and buy him a vodka or two.”
wilmanasenius on 24 Nov 15Bolsjevik, revolutionsman, gangster, terrorist, massmördare. Vem var egentligen Stalin, "Mannen av stål"? Han porträtteras i den här serien - i färg - genom tidigare sällan eller aldrig visade arkivbilder. Del 1 av 3. Stalin står på höjden av sitt herravälde. I Kreml annonserar han sin seger i 1936 års val - 98,5 procent av rösterna.
