• FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    "I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy."

    -stalin-bummed

    • ReadFanon [any, any]
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      1 year ago

      Y'know, over on Lemmygrad, a lib interloper asked if this was a legitimate quote from the man of steel himself and I had to dig up a Russian-language book (there is no english translation afaik) and to stumble my way through the cyrillic to find the source for this.

        • ReadFanon [any, any]
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          1 year ago

          Whoops, sorry! Yep I did.

          This quote is according to Molotov's recollection. From Сто сорок бесед с Молотовым (140 Conversations with Molotov) by Felix Chuev:

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          Stalin himself, I remember, said during the war: “I know that after my death, my grave will be piled with rubbish. But the winds of history will ruthlessly dispel it!

    • daisy
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      1 year ago

      "Winds of History" would make an awesome cadre name.