Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator
Real Dictators
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The Great Mistake of Snubbing Stalin
Trotsky made the great mistake of snubbing Stalin. He was singled out, to be always contradicted and then finally set aside and destroyed. They just had no idea of how much Stalin could do. For instance, he could read English, he pretended not to. Every time he went on holiday, he took English self-taught with him. When he was in Hungary and German in his notebook, he passed as an Armenian at one point. His knowledge was rather terrifying.
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