Redistributed from https://twitter.com/WikiOoc/status/1355981335551037441?s=19

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    There's a world in which Yehzov managed to stop Beria getting on that plane to Stalin before being arrested. I'm not sure if that's a better or a worse world. I guess he'd merc cornpop, but also Beria is (somehow) arguably a better person (Stalin, again, WTF could you not appoint a normal fucking person as secret police chief ffs)

    • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I imagine that’s the point, since he casually referred to him as “Our Himmler”.

      Still, it didn’t have to be a pedophile rapist, Joe.

      • Cayman [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Beria was a legitmate serial rapist who frequently abused young girls like what

  • Rem [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Is it true that he wasn't in the original picture and was added in later, basically the opposite of what the meme implies? Or was that just someone goofing around?

    • garbology [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I've heard several people on hexbear suggest it, but it seems to be widely accepted historical fact that he was removed, not added.

      "Among art historians, he also has the nickname "The Vanishing Commissar" because after his execution, his likeness was retouched out of an official press photo; he is among the best-known examples of the Soviet press making someone who had fallen out of favour "disappear"."

      EDIT: There's a famous Soviet WW2 retouched photo that added a soldier casualty instead of removing anything, are you thinking of that?

      • Rem [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        There’s a famous Soviet WW2 retouched photo that added a soldier casualty instead of removing anything, are you thinking of that?

        You wildly overestimate my knowledge of historical photos haha. Nah I remember it was this pic, they were probs just making shit up.

    • FunnyUsername [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      I'm convinced that's the truth. Yezhov just looks so out of place in the picture, like there shouldn't be enough room between Stalin and the railing for Yezhov to actually fit, it looks like he's in one layer above the original photo.

    • Neckbeard_Prime [they/them,he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I recently saw an article stating this along with some evidence -- the water around Yezhov looks fucky in the "original," and the comping is definitely a little off. I'm having a hard time finding the article again because all Google knows is "Stalin bad," eat hot chip, and push capitalist ideology. schniff

  • comi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Somewhat not good part of his prosecution: he was (likely) gay and prosecuted for that as well :deeper-sadness:

      • comi [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Kinda this (in russian obviously). Seems somewhat accepted, cause it was absolutely irrelevant to the criminal case against him. This is a document from his “confessions” from archives.

  • richietozier4 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    stalin, can you give me position of People's Commissar for Internal Affairs?

    To arrest fascists?

    yeeees

    actually arrests everyone like a boss

    yezhovshchina time!