Sean's Russia Blog

It all started with a letter to Stalin in 1935. And when a Kremlin clerk opened it, there was a piece of shit inside.Was the turd an insult? A way of saying to Stalin, “You’re a shit. Here’s some shit”?Perhaps.But I ended Part One of a Gift for Stalin on a different note: that the turd addressed to Stalin was no slight at all. It was, in fact, a gift.A little brown present for Comrade Stalin.The post A Gift for Stalin, Part Two: The Accursed Share appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.