Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator
Real Dictators
Stalinism and the Death of the Peasant Classes
Rosamund Richardson tells the story of Stalin's second wife, Nadia. She took her own life after she refused to drink with him at a dinner party. Her suicide will only be acknowledged publicly in 1988. To Stalin, his wife's suicide is not a tragedy - it's a betrayal.
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