Feb. 11th, 2012

necturus: 2016-12-30 (Default)
I thought this sort of thing died out in the 1950's.

Stalin -- Our Banner!

I don't think this is a Soviet-era composition, but a modern attempt to rehabilitate the dictator as a hero of Russian nationalism. There is nothing about Marx, Lenin, the Party, the working class or building socialism; it is all about Russia and Russians, with "Soviet" merely a synonym for "Russian". Stalin the atheist certainly never called himself the Scourge of God.

Stalin wasn't even Russian; he spoke with a Georgian accent all his life.

Here is my (rough) translation: )

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