"1. Notepad, grey leather cover; 2. Notebook, red leather cover;

Personal notes made on separate sheets and tear-off sheets. Sixty-seven sheets numbered;

Notebook with general notes, red cover;

5 smoking pipes with 4 boxes and special devices for them, tobacco. In the study of Comrade Stalin: books, desk accessories and souvenirs in the comrade Stalin's cabinet are not included.

Bedroom and closet:

2 white coloured tunics (Both have medals "Sickle and Hammer" of the Hero of Socialist Labour attached);

2 grey tunics;

2 dark-green coloured kitels;

10 pants;

...

A savings book was found in the bedroom with 900 rubles written in it."

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
      hexagon
      MA
      ·
      4 years ago

      Concidering how in his youth he survived by essentially couch surfing and selling poetry, I'd say most likely yeah

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
          hexagon
          MA
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          4 years ago

          He robbed banks, money convoys, by God he even robbed an Imperial ship. Apparently he sent most of the money to the party after paying his posse and keeping enough to live on till the next heist.

          He was a goddamn Communist Pirate lmao.

            • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
              hexagon
              MA
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              4 years ago

              I think a trilogy would be the perfect amount. A tenner would probably be perfect for explaining the rise of the Soviet Union and the historical context it found itself in.

              Like the historical show "Fall of the Eagles" ( the one with :patrick-lenin: in it) but with better budget and materials to teach folks how fucking shit the empires of Europe were

              • Anna_KOC [comrade/them]
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                4 years ago

                And the worst part is that they can't write an original movie in hollywood to save their lives and they can't or won't use any of this actually cool history for a script so they just make endless bad sequels

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      In other news Hitler owned an estimated fortune of five billion dollars.

      • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Figures. Socialists love to claim they're workers and yet here they are owning billions. We all know that nazis were socialists, it's literally in the name, but the liberals will never admit this 😤

        • SoyViking [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Funny how the "it's literally in the name!" Bit is never used on the national- part. It's always "you can't compare is to the nazis just because we're nationalists! We're totally different, trust me bro!"

          • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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            4 years ago

            I know when I was a reactionary I liked the national part of national socialism, I always thought of the nazis as misguided patriots who wanted the best for germany but were done dirty by the evil russians and americans. Honestly surprised I didn't end up becoming nazbol when I did my leftward shift.

            • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
              hexagon
              MA
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              4 years ago

              Honestly surprised I didn’t end up becoming nazbol when I did my leftward shift.

              Probably because being a nazbol is still a meme ideology mask for fascism lol.

    • EldritchMayo [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Accounting for inflation it’s more like 150 bucks which is still a pretty modest amount to have in a savings account. That’s basing it on US inflation though, I imagine the inflation and purchasing power in Russia is much higher considering the turbulent economy of the 90’s.

    • StLangoustine [any]
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      4 years ago

      Average monthly salary in Soviet Union in 1953 was 684 rubles.