I heard that it comes from some biography and wasn't cited in that, but I forget which biography.
Same places that claim Mao had a harem of child slaves I think (orientalist)
Last time it came up on Hexbear a few years ago the general consensus was it was probably bullshit but not to deify regardless bc communists aren't supposed to do that
I think the general claim was that he was run out of a small town or village when he was 17 years old by a mob claiming some reason or another but mobs are unreliable sources
Someone's ass-- straight from the pit of the ass.
"Stalin: A Look From the Outside", Deviatov and Sigachev. (But it claims she was 14 not 13-- not that there's a difference.
Can we bring back the phrase "He pulled it out of his hat" please? Are we not gentlemen?