I realize that the Soviets were allies during the war, but PLEASE, did the New York Times have to go this far in describing Lenningrad:
“With its large worker population, the city became the center of the proletarian struggle and many attributed its heroic stand since August, 1941, to the faith of its populace in the teachings of Lenin, father of the Soviet Union, for whom it is named.”
Did they just take press releases from the Soviet Embassy verbatim?
(btw, thanks, again, for the great postings)
They had to start this way to become that they are now.